diff --git a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
index 2217ce6d28..8c36061053 100644
--- a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
+++ b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
@@ -735,19 +735,8 @@ func (c *Client) SearchDir(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authorization, se
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("eosclient: ilegal search string: %s", searchString)
 	}
 	// TODO: set a timeout for the find in case it goes out of hand
-	stdout, stderr, err := c.executeEOS(ctx, args, auth)
-	if err != nil {
-		// Errcode 7: "TOOBIG"
-		if stdout != "" {
-			log.Debug().Msgf("eos find stdout= %s", stdout)
-			log.Debug().Msgf("=========== eos find stderr =========== %s", stderr)
-			return c.parseFind(ctx, auth, path, stdout)
-		} else {
-			log.Debug().Msgf("eosbinary - user had insufficient permissions to search part of the directory")
-			// There will be errors; we cannot ignore them:
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "eosclient: error listing fn=%s", path)
-		}
-	}
+	stdout, _, _ := c.executeEOS(ctx, args, auth)
+	// We can ignore errors and stderr, we're just interested on the EOS output
 	log.Debug().Msgf("eos find stdout= %s", stdout)
 	return c.parseFind(ctx, auth, path, stdout)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/eosfs/eosfs.go b/pkg/storage/utils/eosfs/eosfs.go
index 511626f1c0..bcb80a57e3 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/eosfs/eosfs.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/eosfs/eosfs.go
@@ -1336,25 +1336,29 @@ func (fs *eosfs) ListFolder(ctx context.Context, ref *provider.Reference, mdKeys
 			// 	- also check that searchString not empty:
 			searchString = mdKeys[i+1]
 
+			if searchString == "" {
+				return nil, errtypes.NotSupported("Search requires a search string")
+			}
+
 			log.Debug().Msgf("eosfs: running search: path=%s searchString=%s", p, searchString)
 
 			eosFileInfos, err := fs.c.SearchDir(ctx, auth, searchString, p)
+
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "eosfs: error searching")
 			}
 
 			for _, eosFileInfo := range eosFileInfos {
-				// filter out sys files
-				if !fs.conf.ShowHiddenSysFiles {
-					base := path.Base(eosFileInfo.File)
-					if hiddenReg.MatchString(base) {
-						continue
-					}
-				}
 
-				if finfo, err := fs.convertToFileReference(ctx, eosFileInfo); err == nil {
+				log.Debug().Msgf("seach: eosFileInfo %s", eosFileInfo.File)
+
+				// Search all files, hidden and not, for the time being
+
+				if finfo, err := fs.convertToResourceInfo(ctx, eosFileInfo); err == nil {
 					log.Debug().Msgf("eosfs: file name from search %s", finfo.Name)
 					finfos = append(finfos, finfo)
+				} else {
+					log.Error().Err(err).Msg(" wtf 🥘")
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -2120,6 +2124,8 @@ func (fs *eosfs) convertToResourceInfo(ctx context.Context, eosFileInfo *eosclie
 }
 
 func (fs *eosfs) convertToFileReference(ctx context.Context, eosFileInfo *eosclient.FileInfo) (*provider.ResourceInfo, error) {
+	log := appctx.GetLogger(ctx)
+	log.Debug().Msg("convertToFileReference")
 	info, err := fs.convert(ctx, eosFileInfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -2258,6 +2264,8 @@ func mergePermissions(l *provider.ResourcePermissions, r *provider.ResourcePermi
 }
 
 func (fs *eosfs) convert(ctx context.Context, eosFileInfo *eosclient.FileInfo) (*provider.ResourceInfo, error) {
+	log := appctx.GetLogger(ctx)
+	log.Debug().Msg("convert")
 	path, err := fs.unwrap(ctx, eosFileInfo.File)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -2293,6 +2301,8 @@ func (fs *eosfs) convert(ctx context.Context, eosFileInfo *eosclient.FileInfo) (
 		}
 	}
 
+	log.Debug().Msgf("convert: marshalling the eosFileInfo %s", eosFileInfo)
+
 	info := &provider.ResourceInfo{
 		Id:            &provider.ResourceId{OpaqueId: fmt.Sprintf("%d", eosFileInfo.Inode)},
 		Path:          path,