diff --git a/World Manager for Minecraft/Services/AppSupport/Scanning/WorldScanner.swift b/World Manager for Minecraft/Services/AppSupport/Scanning/WorldScanner.swift
index 893e71f..cc1b487 100644
--- a/World Manager for Minecraft/Services/AppSupport/Scanning/WorldScanner.swift	
+++ b/World Manager for Minecraft/Services/AppSupport/Scanning/WorldScanner.swift	
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ enum JavaContentScanner {
         var candidatesByID: [String: SourceCandidate] = [:]
         for root in roots {
             let candidateFolders = boundedCandidateFolders(from: root, maxDepth: 4, maxFolderCount: 600, fileManager: fileManager)
+            var candidatesForRoot: [SourceCandidate] = []
             for folderURL in candidateFolders {
                 guard let probe = probeLocalFolder(folderURL, providerID: providerID) else {
                     continue
@@ -699,6 +700,14 @@ enum JavaContentScanner {
                     detectedKinds: probe.detectedKinds
                 )
 
+                candidatesForRoot.append(candidate)
+            }
+
+            for candidate in collapsedCandidates(
+                candidatesForRoot,
+                under: root,
+                providerID: providerID
+            ) {
                 if let existingCandidate = candidatesByID[candidate.id],
                    existingCandidate.confidence >= candidate.confidence {
                     continue
@@ -938,6 +947,40 @@ enum JavaContentScanner {
         return candidates
     }
 
+    nonisolated private static func collapsedCandidates(
+        _ candidates: [SourceCandidate],
+        under root: URL,
+        providerID: PlatformProviderID
+    ) -> [SourceCandidate] {
+        let uniqueCandidates = Dictionary(grouping: candidates, by: \.sourceRootURL).compactMap { _, groupedCandidates in
+            groupedCandidates.max { lhs, rhs in
+                lhs.confidence < rhs.confidence
+            }
+        }
+
+        guard uniqueCandidates.count > 1 else {
+            return uniqueCandidates
+        }
+
+        let detectedKinds = uniqueCandidates.reduce(into: Set<MinecraftContentKind>()) { result, candidate in
+            result.formUnion(candidate.detectedKinds)
+        }
+        let confidence = uniqueCandidates.map(\.confidence).max() ?? .medium
+        let standardizedRoot = root.standardizedFileURL
+
+        return [
+            SourceCandidate(
+                providerID: providerID,
+                edition: .java,
+                sourceRootURL: standardizedRoot,
+                displayName: standardizedRoot.lastPathComponent,
+                confidence: confidence,
+                reason: "Found multiple Java sources under \(standardizedRoot.lastPathComponent)",
+                detectedKinds: detectedKinds
+            )
+        ]
+    }
+
     nonisolated private static func javaProbeScore(for url: URL, fileManager: FileManager) -> (value: Int, kinds: Set<MinecraftContentKind>) {
         var score = 0
         var kinds = Set<MinecraftContentKind>()
diff --git a/World Manager for MinecraftTests/World_Manager_for_MinecraftTests.swift b/World Manager for MinecraftTests/World_Manager_for_MinecraftTests.swift
index 5223476..44bec8e 100644
--- a/World Manager for MinecraftTests/World_Manager_for_MinecraftTests.swift	
+++ b/World Manager for MinecraftTests/World_Manager_for_MinecraftTests.swift	
@@ -359,6 +359,32 @@ struct World_Manager_for_MinecraftTests {
         })
     }
 
+    @Test func javaProviderCollapsesNestedSourceCandidatesToSearchRoot() async throws {
+        let fileManager = FileManager.default
+        let workingURL = fileManager.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent(UUID().uuidString, isDirectory: true)
+        let firstInstanceURL = workingURL.appendingPathComponent("a/b/c", isDirectory: true)
+        let secondInstanceURL = workingURL.appendingPathComponent("a/e/f", isDirectory: true)
+        defer { try? fileManager.removeItem(at: workingURL) }
+
+        for instanceURL in [firstInstanceURL, secondInstanceURL] {
+            try fileManager.createDirectory(
+                at: instanceURL.appendingPathComponent("mods", isDirectory: true),
+                withIntermediateDirectories: true
+            )
+            try Data("jar".utf8).write(to: instanceURL.appendingPathComponent("mods/ExampleMod.jar"))
+        }
+
+        let candidates = JavaContentScanner.discoverSourceCandidates(
+            providerID: JavaLocalFolderSourceAccess().accessorIdentifier,
+            searchRoots: [workingURL]
+        )
+
+        #expect(candidates.count == 1)
+        #expect(candidates.first?.sourceRootURL == workingURL.standardizedFileURL)
+        #expect(candidates.first?.displayName == workingURL.lastPathComponent)
+        #expect(candidates.first?.detectedKinds.contains(.mod) == true)
+    }
+
     @Test func sourceLibraryAddSourceResolvesJavaWrapperFolder() async throws {
         let fileManager = FileManager.default
         let rootURL = fileManager.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent(UUID().uuidString, isDirectory: true)