diff --git a/src/lib/modules/filesystem.ts b/src/lib/modules/filesystem.ts
index dc1208e..ce2c35a 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/filesystem.ts
+++ b/src/lib/modules/filesystem.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ const fetchCategoryInfoFromServer = async (
     const { dataKey } = await unwrapDataKey(metadata!.dek, masterKey);
     const name = await decryptString(metadata!.name, metadata!.nameIv, dataKey);
 
-    res = await callGetApi(`/api/category/${id}/file/list?recursive=true`);
+    res = await callGetApi(`/api/category/${id}/file/list?recurse=true`);
     if (!res.ok) {
       throw new Error("Failed to fetch category files");
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/server/db/file.ts b/src/lib/server/db/file.ts
index 6a53c5b..219dc42 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/db/file.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/db/file.ts
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export const getAllFilesByParent = async (userId: number, parentId: DirectoryId)
 export const getAllFilesByCategory = async (
   userId: number,
   categoryId: number,
-  recursive: boolean,
+  recurse: boolean,
 ) => {
   const files = await db
     .withRecursive("cte", (db) =>
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ export const getAllFilesByCategory = async (
         .select(["id", "parent_id", "user_id", "file_category.file_id"])
         .select(sql<number>`0`.as("depth"))
         .where("id", "=", categoryId)
-        .$if(recursive, (qb) =>
+        .$if(recurse, (qb) =>
           qb.unionAll((db) =>
             db
               .selectFrom("category")
diff --git a/src/lib/server/services/category.ts b/src/lib/server/services/category.ts
index 0d03696..cb3db7a 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/services/category.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/services/category.ts
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ export const addCategoryFile = async (userId: number, categoryId: number, fileId
   }
 };
 
-export const getCategoryFiles = async (userId: number, categoryId: number, recursive: boolean) => {
+export const getCategoryFiles = async (userId: number, categoryId: number, recurse: boolean) => {
   const category = await getCategory(userId, categoryId);
   if (!category) {
     error(404, "Invalid category id");
   }
 
-  const files = await getAllFilesByCategory(userId, categoryId, recursive);
+  const files = await getAllFilesByCategory(userId, categoryId, recurse);
   return { files };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api/category/[id]/file/list/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/category/[id]/file/list/+server.ts
index db55ba5..5d80474 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/category/[id]/file/list/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/category/[id]/file/list/+server.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ export const GET: RequestHandler = async ({ locals, url, params }) => {
   const { id } = paramsZodRes.data;
 
   const queryZodRes = z
-    .object({ recursive: z.coerce.boolean().nullable() })
-    .safeParse({ recursive: url.searchParams.get("recursive") });
+    .object({
+      recurse: z
+        .enum(["true", "false"])
+        .transform((value) => value === "true")
+        .nullable(),
+    })
+    .safeParse({ recurse: url.searchParams.get("recurse") });
   if (!queryZodRes.success) error(400, "Invalid query parameters");
-  const { recursive } = queryZodRes.data;
+  const { recurse } = queryZodRes.data;
 
-  const { files } = await getCategoryFiles(userId, id, recursive ?? false);
+  const { files } = await getCategoryFiles(userId, id, recurse ?? false);
   return json(
     categoryFileListResponse.parse({
       files: files.map(({ id, isRecursive }) => ({ file: id, isRecursive })),