diff --git a/src-tauri/src/utils/bitness.rs b/src-tauri/src/utils/bitness.rs
index 0ab1bfd..5882a23 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/utils/bitness.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/utils/bitness.rs
@@ -13,14 +13,19 @@ pub enum Bitness {
 /// Detect the bitness of a Linux Binary by reading ELF header
 /// ELF format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format
 fn detect_binary_bitness(file_path: &Path) -> Option<Bitness> {
-    // Read first 5 bytes of the file to check ELF header
-    let bytes = match fs::read(file_path) {
-        Ok(b) if b.len() >= 5 => b,
-        _ => return None,
-    };
+    use std::io::Read;
+
+    // Only read first 5 bytes
+    let mut file = fs::File::open(file_path).ok()?;
+    let mut bytes = [0u8; 5];
+
+    // Read exactly 5 bytes or fail
+    if file.read_exact(&mut bytes).is_err() {
+        return None;
+    }
 
     // Check for ELF magic number (0x7F 'E' 'L' 'F')
-    if bytes.len() < 5 || &bytes[0..4] != b"\x7FELF" {
+    if &bytes[0..4] != b"\x7FELF" {
         return None;
     }
 
@@ -60,14 +65,32 @@ pub fn detect_game_bitness(game_path: &str) -> Result<Bitness, String> {
         "logs",
         "assets",
         "_CommonRedist",
+        "data",
+        "Data",
+        "Docs",
+        "docs",
+        "screenshots",
+        "Screenshots",
+        "saves",
+        "Saves",
+        "mods",
+        "Mods",
+        "maps",
+        "Maps",
     ];
 
     // Limit scan depth to avoid deep recursion
-    const MAX_DEPTH: usize = 5;
+    const MAX_DEPTH: usize = 3;
+
+    // Stop after finding reasonable confidence (10 binaries)
+    const CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD: usize = 10;
 
     let mut bit64_binaries = Vec::new();
     let mut bit32_binaries = Vec::new();
 
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
     // Scan for Linux binaries
     for entry in WalkDir::new(game_path_obj)
         .max_depth(MAX_DEPTH)
@@ -83,6 +106,12 @@ pub fn detect_game_bitness(game_path: &str) -> Result<Bitness, String> {
         })
         .filter_map(Result::ok)
     {
+        // Early termination when we have high confidence
+        if bit64_binaries.len() >= CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD || bit32_binaries.len() >= CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD {
+            debug!("Reached confidence threshold, stopping scan early");
+            break;
+        }
+
         let path = entry.path();
 
         // Only check files
@@ -102,20 +131,24 @@ pub fn detect_game_bitness(game_path: &str) -> Result<Bitness, String> {
             || filename.starts_with("lib");
 
         // Check if file is executable
-        #[cfg(unix)]
-        {
-            use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
-            if let Ok(metadata) = fs::metadata(path) {
-                let permissions = metadata.permissions();
-                let is_executable = permissions.mode() & 0o111 != 0;
-                
-                // Skip files that are neither executable nor have binary extensions
-                if !is_executable && !has_binary_extension {
-                    continue;
+        let is_executable = {
+            {
+                // Get metadata once and check both extension and permissions
+                if let Ok(metadata) = fs::metadata(path) {
+                    let permissions = metadata.permissions();
+                    let executable = permissions.mode() & 0o111 != 0;
+
+                    // Skip files that are neither executable nor have binary extensions
+                    executable || has_binary_extension
+                } else {
+                    // If we can't read metadata, only proceed if it has binary extension
+                    has_binary_extension
                 }
-            } else {
-                continue;
             }
+        };
+
+        if !is_executable {
+            continue;
         }
 
         // Detect bitness
@@ -123,8 +156,24 @@ pub fn detect_game_bitness(game_path: &str) -> Result<Bitness, String> {
             debug!("Found {:?} binary: {}", bitness, path.display());
 
             match bitness {
-                Bitness::Bit64 => bit64_binaries.push(path.to_path_buf()),
-                Bitness::Bit32 => bit32_binaries.push(path.to_path_buf()),
+                Bitness::Bit64 => {
+                    bit64_binaries.push(path.to_path_buf());
+
+                    // If we find libsteam_api.so and it's 64-bit, we can be very confident
+                    if filename == "libsteam_api.so" {
+                        info!("Found 64-bit libsteam_api.so");
+                        return Ok(Bitness::Bit64);
+                    }
+                },
+                Bitness::Bit32 => {
+                    bit32_binaries.push(path.to_path_buf());
+
+                    // If we find libsteam_api.so and it's 32-bit, we can be very confident
+                    if filename == "libsteam_api.so" {
+                        info!("Found 32-bit libsteam_api.so");
+                        return Ok(Bitness::Bit32);
+                    }
+                },
             }
         }
     }