diff --git a/db-functions b/db-functions
index e8eb2bc..394c7a2 100644
--- a/db-functions
+++ b/db-functions
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 . /usr/share/makepkg/util.sh
 
+# global shell options for enhanced bash scripting
+shopt -s globstar nullglob
+
+
 # Some PKGBUILDs need CARCH to be set
 CARCH="x86_64"
 
diff --git a/db-update b/db-update
index a8d885a..db12df8 100755
--- a/db-update
+++ b/db-update
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ if (( $# >= 1 )); then
 fi
 
 # Find repos with packages to release
-if ! staging_repos=($(find  "${STAGING}" -mindepth 1 -type f -name "*${PKGEXTS}" -printf '%h\n' | sort -u)); then
-	die "Could not read %s" "$STAGING"
-fi
+mapfile -t -d '' staging_repos < <(
+	for f in "${STAGING}"/**/*${PKGEXTS}; do
+		f="${f%/*}"
+		if [[ -d $f ]]; then
+			printf '%s\0' "$f"
+		fi
+	done | sort -uz
+)
 
 repos=()
 for staging_repo in ${staging_repos[@]##*/}; do