diff --git a/src/core/game_list.cpp b/src/core/game_list.cpp
index 2bc0aaae0..8cecdbf34 100644
--- a/src/core/game_list.cpp
+++ b/src/core/game_list.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ bool GameList::IsScannableFilename(std::string_view path)
   if (StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".bin"))
     return false;
 
-  return System::IsLoadablePath(path);
+  return (System::IsDiscPath(path) || System::IsExePath(path) || System::IsPsfPath(path));
 }
 
 bool GameList::ShouldLoadAchievementsProgress()
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ void GameList::ScanDirectory(const char* path, bool recursive, bool only_cache,
                              const Achievements::ProgressDatabase& achievements_progress,
                              BinaryFileWriter& cache_writer, ProgressCallback* progress)
 {
-  INFO_LOG("Scanning {}{}", path, recursive ? " (recursively)" : "");
+  VERBOSE_LOG("Scanning {}{}", path, recursive ? " (recursively)" : "");
 
   progress->SetStatusText(SmallString::from_format(TRANSLATE_FS("GameList", "Scanning directory '{}'..."), path));
 
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ bool GameList::ScanFile(std::string path, std::time_t timestamp, std::unique_loc
   // don't block UI while scanning
   lock.unlock();
 
-  DEV_LOG("Scanning '{}'...", path);
+  VERBOSE_LOG("Scanning '{}'...", path);
 
   Entry entry;
   if (!PopulateEntryFromPath(path, &entry))
diff --git a/src/core/system.cpp b/src/core/system.cpp
index 1da41587e..ca4e6b022 100644
--- a/src/core/system.cpp
+++ b/src/core/system.cpp
@@ -800,6 +800,15 @@ bool System::IsUsingPS2BIOS()
   return (s_state.bios_image_info && s_state.bios_image_info->fastboot_patch == BIOS::ImageInfo::FastBootPatch::Type2);
 }
 
+bool System::IsDiscPath(std::string_view path)
+{
+  return (StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".bin") || StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".cue") ||
+          StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".img") || StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".iso") ||
+          StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".chd") || StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".ecm") ||
+          StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".mds") || StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".pbp") ||
+          StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".m3u"));
+}
+
 bool System::IsExePath(std::string_view path)
 {
   return (StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".exe") || StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, ".psexe") ||
@@ -820,22 +829,7 @@ bool System::IsGPUDumpPath(std::string_view path)
 
 bool System::IsLoadablePath(std::string_view path)
 {
-  static constexpr const std::array extensions = {
-    ".bin",    ".cue",        ".img",       ".iso", ".chd", ".ecm", ".mds", // discs
-    ".exe",    ".psexe",      ".ps-exe",    ".psx", ".cpe", ".elf",         // exes
-    ".psf",    ".minipsf",                                                  // psf
-    ".psxgpu", ".psxgpu.zst", ".psxgpu.xz",                                 // gpu dump
-    ".m3u",                                                                 // playlists
-    ".pbp",
-  };
-
-  for (const char* test_extension : extensions)
-  {
-    if (StringUtil::EndsWithNoCase(path, test_extension))
-      return true;
-  }
-
-  return false;
+  return (IsDiscPath(path) || IsExePath(path) || IsPsfPath(path) || IsGPUDumpPath(path));
 }
 
 bool System::IsSaveStatePath(std::string_view path)
diff --git a/src/core/system.h b/src/core/system.h
index 35a2f4162..548a35f30 100644
--- a/src/core/system.h
+++ b/src/core/system.h
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ enum class Taint : u8
   MaxCount,
 };
 
+/// Returns true if the path is a disc image that we can load.
+bool IsDiscPath(std::string_view path);
+
 /// Returns true if the path is a PlayStation executable we can inject.
 bool IsExePath(std::string_view path);