diff --git a/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/documents/services/index.ts b/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/documents/services/index.ts
index 28f32018..e6779ab4 100644
--- a/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/documents/services/index.ts
+++ b/tdrive/backend/node/src/services/documents/services/index.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export class DocumentsService {
     if (options?.pagination) {
       const { page_token, limitStr } = options.pagination;
       const pageNumber =
-        dbType === "mongodb" ? parseInt(page_token) : parseInt(page_token) / parseInt(limitStr) + 1;
+        dbType === "mongodb" ? parseInt(page_token) : parseInt(page_token) / parseInt(limitStr);
 
       pagination = new Pagination(`${pageNumber}`, `${limitStr}`, false);
     }
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ export class DocumentsService {
       );
       // TODO: notify the user a document has been added to the directory shared with them
       try {
-        if (driveItem.parent_id !== "root" && driveItem.parent_id !== "trash") {
+        if (!isVirtualFolder(driveItem.parent_id)) {
           const parentItem = await this.repository.findOne(
             {
               id: driveItem.parent_id,
diff --git a/tdrive/backend/node/test/e2e/documents/documents-notifications.spec.ts b/tdrive/backend/node/test/e2e/documents/documents-notifications.spec.ts
index a5993f92..e8b58886 100644
--- a/tdrive/backend/node/test/e2e/documents/documents-notifications.spec.ts
+++ b/tdrive/backend/node/test/e2e/documents/documents-notifications.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, beforeEach, it, expect, afterAll, jest } from "@jest/globals";
 import { init, TestPlatform } from "../setup";
 import UserApi from "../common/user-api";
+import * as utils from "../../../src/services/documents/utils";
 import { DocumentsEngine } from "../../../src/services/documents/services/engine";
 import EmailPusherClass from "../../../src/core/platform/services/email-pusher";
 import { deserialize } from "class-transformer";
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import { e2e_createDocumentFile, e2e_createVersion } from "./utils";
 
 describe("the Drive feature", () => {
   let platform: TestPlatform;
+  const isVirtualFolder = jest.spyOn(utils, "isVirtualFolder");
   const notifyDocumentShared = jest.spyOn(DocumentsEngine.prototype, "notifyDocumentShared");
   const notifyDocumentVersionUpdated = jest.spyOn(
     DocumentsEngine.prototype,
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ describe("the Drive feature", () => {
         "statistics",
         "platform-services",
         "documents",
-        "email-pusher"
+        "email-pusher",
       ],
     });
     currentUser = await UserApi.getInstance(platform);
@@ -131,10 +133,31 @@ describe("the Drive feature", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("Did not attempt to notify the user if the parent folder is a virutal folder.", async () => {    
+    // upload a file
+    const oneUser = await UserApi.getInstance(platform, true, { companyRole: "admin" });
+    const oneUserDrive = `user_${oneUser.user.id}`;
+    await oneUser.uploadRandomFileAndCreateDocument(oneUserDrive);
+    // expect the notification to not be sent
+    expect(isVirtualFolder).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(isVirtualFolder).toHaveReturnedWith(true);
+    expect(notifyDocumentShared).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        notificationEmitter: oneUser.user.id,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   // Test the email language based on the user's language and the email subject
   it("Did notify the user after sharing a file in the user's language.", async () => {
-    const oneUser = await UserApi.getInstance(platform, true, { companyRole: "admin", preferences: { language: "en" } });
-    const anotherUser = await UserApi.getInstance(platform, true, { companyRole: "admin", preferences: { language: "fr" }});
+    const oneUser = await UserApi.getInstance(platform, true, {
+      companyRole: "admin",
+      preferences: { language: "en" },
+    });
+    const anotherUser = await UserApi.getInstance(platform, true, {
+      companyRole: "admin",
+      preferences: { language: "fr" },
+    });
     //upload files
     const doc = await oneUser.uploadRandomFileAndCreateDocument();
     const doc2 = await anotherUser.uploadRandomFileAndCreateDocument();
diff --git a/tdrive/backend/node/test/e2e/documents/documents-pagination-sorting.spec.ts b/tdrive/backend/node/test/e2e/documents/documents-pagination-sorting.spec.ts
index 0ce3eddb..8b5969f3 100644
--- a/tdrive/backend/node/test/e2e/documents/documents-pagination-sorting.spec.ts
+++ b/tdrive/backend/node/test/e2e/documents/documents-pagination-sorting.spec.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe("The Documents Browser Window and API", () => {
         paginate: { page_token, limitStr },
       });
       expect(docs).toBeDefined();
-      expect(docs.children.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(parseInt(limitStr));
+      expect(docs.children).toHaveLength(parseInt(limitStr));
     });
 
     it("Should sort documents by name in ascending order", async () => {