diff --git a/app-common-io/src/main/java/eu/darken/sdmse/common/files/local/LocalPath.kt b/app-common-io/src/main/java/eu/darken/sdmse/common/files/local/LocalPath.kt
index 0eacb2f3f..f1a4bc7fe 100644
--- a/app-common-io/src/main/java/eu/darken/sdmse/common/files/local/LocalPath.kt
+++ b/app-common-io/src/main/java/eu/darken/sdmse/common/files/local/LocalPath.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ data class LocalPath(
     @IgnoredOnParcel override val name: String
         get() = file.name
 
-    @IgnoredOnParcel internal var segmentsCache: Segments? = null
+    @IgnoredOnParcel @Transient internal var segmentsCache: Segments? = null
 
     @IgnoredOnParcel
     override val segments: Segments
diff --git a/app-common-io/src/test/java/eu/darken/sdmse/common/files/local/LocalPathTest.kt b/app-common-io/src/test/java/eu/darken/sdmse/common/files/local/LocalPathTest.kt
index d163fca18..c984a041f 100644
--- a/app-common-io/src/test/java/eu/darken/sdmse/common/files/local/LocalPathTest.kt
+++ b/app-common-io/src/test/java/eu/darken/sdmse/common/files/local/LocalPathTest.kt
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ class LocalPathTest : BaseTest() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `test direct serialization`() {
+    fun `direct serialization with transient fields`() {
         testFile.tryMkFile()
         val original = LocalPath.build(file = testFile)
 
         val adapter = moshi.adapter(LocalPath::class.java)
 
+        // segmentsCache needs to be ignored during serialization
+        println(original.segments.toString())
+
         val json = adapter.toJson(original)
         json.toComparableJson() shouldBe """
             {
@@ -44,6 +47,27 @@ class LocalPathTest : BaseTest() {
         adapter.fromJson(json) shouldBe original
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `deserialization needs to respect transient fields`() {
+        testFile.tryMkFile()
+        val original = LocalPath.build(file = testFile)
+
+        val adapter = moshi.adapter(LocalPath::class.java)
+
+        val json = """
+            {
+                "file": "${testFile.path}",
+                "pathType":"LOCAL",
+                "segmentsCache": [
+                    ".",
+                    "testfile"
+                ]
+            }
+        """.toComparableJson()
+
+        adapter.fromJson(json) shouldBe original
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `test polymorph serialization`() {
         testFile.tryMkFile()