diff --git a/app/controllers/files.php b/app/controllers/files.php
index 5181f974a36e0c6f418bb9c9ab2f1802746ef42d..bfc2e98af1096a810650ad9e1b868a51647d4697 100644
--- a/app/controllers/files.php
+++ b/app/controllers/files.php
@@ -387,10 +387,12 @@ class FilesController extends AuthenticatedController
             $this->all_files = [];
             $count_visible = 0;
             foreach ($all_file_refs as $file_ref) {
-                $vue_data = FilesystemVueDataManager::getFileVueData(
-                    $file_ref->getFileType(),
-                    $this->topFolder
-                );
+                if ($file_ref->getFileType()->isVisible($GLOBALS['user']->id)) {
+                    $vue_data = FilesystemVueDataManager::getFileVueData(
+                        $file_ref->getFileType(),
+                        $this->topFolder
+                    );
+                }
                 if (isset($vue_data['download_url'])) {
                     $this->all_files[] = $vue_data;
                     if (++$count_visible === 5) break;
@@ -471,7 +473,6 @@ class FilesController extends AuthenticatedController
             //]
             $folders = [];
             $new_file_refs = FileRef::findAll($GLOBALS['user']->id, $this->begin, $this->end, $this->course_id, $this->page_size, $offset);
-
             //Group the file refs by their folder:
             foreach ($new_file_refs as $file_ref) {
                 if (!is_array($folders[$file_ref->folder_id])) {
diff --git a/lib/classes/globalsearch/GlobalSearchFiles.php b/lib/classes/globalsearch/GlobalSearchFiles.php
index 7d36860a00dc64f02bb32f120fa451cd91292c08..e0cd9f4356faad82edfb532211a53f60224ab2d3 100644
--- a/lib/classes/globalsearch/GlobalSearchFiles.php
+++ b/lib/classes/globalsearch/GlobalSearchFiles.php
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class GlobalSearchFiles extends GlobalSearchModule implements GlobalSearchFullte
             return Folder::find($fileref->folder_id)->getTypedFolder();
         });
 
-        if (!$folder->isFileDownloadable($fileref, $GLOBALS['user']->id)) {
+        if (!($folder->isVisible($GLOBALS['user']->id) && $folder->isReadable($GLOBALS['user']->id))) {
             return null;
         }