diff --git a/Plugin/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/varaverk/include/scheduler.php b/Plugin/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/varaverk/include/scheduler.php
index b869e83..88b36d2 100644
--- a/Plugin/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/varaverk/include/scheduler.php
+++ b/Plugin/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/varaverk/include/scheduler.php
@@ -79,21 +79,34 @@ function vv_job_tree(): array {
     return $orchs;
 }
 
-// Parse an orchestrator script to find which child scripts it calls
+// Parse an orchestrator script to find which child scripts it calls.
+// Handles two common patterns:
+//   $SCRIPT_DIR/../Category/script.sh  (relative via variable)
+//   $SCRIPTS_ROOT/Category/script.sh   (absolute root via variable)
+// Root-level files (load_config.sh, etc.) are excluded — must be in a subdirectory.
+// Validates each candidate against the filesystem to filter false positives.
 function vv_script_children(string $orchPath, array $schedule): array {
     $scriptsDir = SCRIPTS_DIR;
     $content    = file_get_contents($orchPath) ?: '';
     $children   = [];
+    $seen       = [];
+
+    // Match $ANY_VAR/../Category/script.sh  or  $ANY_VAR/Category/script.sh
+    // Capture only the Category/script.sh portion (requires at least one subdirectory)
+    preg_match_all(
+        '/\$[A-Z_]+\/(?:\.\.\/)?([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_.\-]*\/[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]+\.sh)/',
+        $content,
+        $m
+    );
 
-    // Match: bash "path/to/script.sh" or source path/to/script.sh
-    preg_match_all('/(?:bash|source|\.)\s+"?([^"\s]+\.sh)"?/m', $content, $m);
     foreach ($m[1] as $rel) {
-        // Normalise relative paths
-        $rel = ltrim(str_replace($scriptsDir . '/', '', $rel), './');
-        $id  = $rel;
-        $entry = $schedule[$id] ?? ['enabled' => false, 'cron' => ''];
+        if (isset($seen[$rel])) continue;
+        if (!file_exists("$scriptsDir/$rel")) continue;
+        $seen[$rel] = true;
+
+        $entry      = $schedule[$rel] ?? ['enabled' => false, 'cron' => ''];
         $children[] = [
-            'id'      => $id,
+            'id'      => $rel,
             'label'   => basename($rel, '.sh'),
             'type'    => 'script',
             'enabled' => (bool)($entry['enabled'] ?? false),