diff --git a/client/components/readers/EpubReader.vue b/client/components/readers/EpubReader.vue
index 795fcd2b7..350d8596c 100644
--- a/client/components/readers/EpubReader.vue
+++ b/client/components/readers/EpubReader.vue
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ export default {
     },
     ebookUrl() {
       if (this.fileId) {
-        return `/api/items/${this.libraryItemId}/ebook/${this.fileId}`
+        return `${this.$config.routerBasePath}/api/items/${this.libraryItemId}/ebook/${this.fileId}`
       }
-      return `/api/items/${this.libraryItemId}/ebook`
+      return `${this.$config.routerBasePath}/api/items/${this.libraryItemId}/ebook`
     },
     themeRules() {
       const isDark = this.ereaderSettings.theme === 'dark'
@@ -309,24 +309,14 @@ export default {
       /** @type {EpubReader} */
       const reader = this
 
-      // Use axios to make request because we have token refresh logic in interceptor
-      const customRequest = async (url) => {
-        try {
-          return this.$axios.$get(url, {
-            responseType: 'arraybuffer'
-          })
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error('EpubReader.initEpub customRequest failed:', error)
-          throw error
-        }
-      }
-
       /** @type {ePub.Book} */
       reader.book = new ePub(reader.ebookUrl, {
         width: this.readerWidth,
         height: this.readerHeight - 50,
         openAs: 'epub',
-        requestMethod: customRequest
+        requestHeaders: {
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${this.userToken}`
+        }
       })
 
       /** @type {ePub.Rendition} */
@@ -347,33 +337,29 @@ export default {
         this.applyTheme()
       })
 
-      reader.book.ready
-        .then(() => {
-          // set up event listeners
-          reader.rendition.on('relocated', reader.relocated)
-          reader.rendition.on('keydown', reader.keyUp)
+      reader.book.ready.then(() => {
+        // set up event listeners
+        reader.rendition.on('relocated', reader.relocated)
+        reader.rendition.on('keydown', reader.keyUp)
 
-          reader.rendition.on('touchstart', (event) => {
-            this.$emit('touchstart', event)
-          })
-          reader.rendition.on('touchend', (event) => {
-            this.$emit('touchend', event)
-          })
+        reader.rendition.on('touchstart', (event) => {
+          this.$emit('touchstart', event)
+        })
+        reader.rendition.on('touchend', (event) => {
+          this.$emit('touchend', event)
+        })
 
-          // load ebook cfi locations
-          const savedLocations = this.loadLocations()
-          if (savedLocations) {
-            reader.book.locations.load(savedLocations)
-          } else {
-            reader.book.locations.generate().then(() => {
-              this.checkSaveLocations(reader.book.locations.save())
-            })
-          }
-          this.getChapters()
-        })
-        .catch((error) => {
-          console.error('EpubReader.initEpub failed:', error)
-        })
+        // load ebook cfi locations
+        const savedLocations = this.loadLocations()
+        if (savedLocations) {
+          reader.book.locations.load(savedLocations)
+        } else {
+          reader.book.locations.generate().then(() => {
+            this.checkSaveLocations(reader.book.locations.save())
+          })
+        }
+        this.getChapters()
+      })
     },
     getChapters() {
       // Load the list of chapters in the book. See https://github.com/futurepress/epub.js/issues/759
diff --git a/server/scanner/LibraryItemScanner.js b/server/scanner/LibraryItemScanner.js
index 501df4274..133a1e301 100644
--- a/server/scanner/LibraryItemScanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/LibraryItemScanner.js
@@ -206,11 +206,6 @@ class LibraryItemScanner {
   async scanPotentialNewLibraryItem(libraryItemPath, library, folder, isSingleMediaItem) {
     const libraryItemScanData = await this.getLibraryItemScanData(libraryItemPath, library, folder, isSingleMediaItem)
 
-    if (!libraryItemScanData.libraryFiles.length) {
-      Logger.info(`[LibraryItemScanner] Library item at path "${libraryItemPath}" has no files - ignoring`)
-      return null
-    }
-
     const scanLogger = new ScanLogger()
     scanLogger.verbose = true
     scanLogger.setData('libraryItem', libraryItemScanData.relPath)
diff --git a/server/scanner/LibraryScanner.js b/server/scanner/LibraryScanner.js
index 640c82d76..bc174d7a0 100644
--- a/server/scanner/LibraryScanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/LibraryScanner.js
@@ -606,11 +606,6 @@ class LibraryScanner {
       } else if (library.settings.audiobooksOnly && !hasAudioFiles(fileUpdateGroup, itemDir)) {
         Logger.debug(`[LibraryScanner] Folder update for relative path "${itemDir}" has no audio files`)
         continue
-      } else if (!(await fs.pathExists(fullPath))) {
-        Logger.info(`[LibraryScanner] File update group "${itemDir}" does not exist - ignoring`)
-
-        itemGroupingResults[itemDir] = ScanResult.NOTHING
-        continue
       }
 
       // Check if a library item is a subdirectory of this dir
diff --git a/server/utils/fileUtils.js b/server/utils/fileUtils.js
index 2da6b4c91..f80c4acde 100644
--- a/server/utils/fileUtils.js
+++ b/server/utils/fileUtils.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function getIno(path) {
     .stat(path, { bigint: true })
     .then((data) => String(data.ino))
     .catch((err) => {
-      Logger.warn(`[Utils] Failed to get ino for path "${path}"`, err)
+      Logger.error('[Utils] Failed to get ino for path', path, err)
       return null
     })
 }