diff --git a/data/plugins/treeview.lua b/data/plugins/treeview.lua
index 8615343..5c2af3c 100644
--- a/data/plugins/treeview.lua
+++ b/data/plugins/treeview.lua
@@ -222,7 +222,14 @@ function TreeView:on_mouse_pressed(button, x, y, clicks)
     else
       if core.project_files_limit and not hovered_item.expanded then
         local filename, abs_filename = hovered_item.filename, hovered_item.abs_filename
-        local index = string.find(abs_filename, filename, 1, true)
+        local index = 0
+        -- The loop below is used to find the first match starting from the end
+        -- in case there are multiple matches.
+        while index and index + #filename < #abs_filename do
+          index = string.find(abs_filename, filename, index + 1, true)
+        end
+        -- we assume here index is not nil because the abs_filename must contain the
+        -- relative filename
         local dirname = string.sub(abs_filename, 1, index - 2)
         core.scan_project_folder(dirname, filename)
         self:invalidate_cache(dirname)