diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.SamsungJ/DbSerializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.SamsungJ/DbSerializer.cs
index b87c5e8..7f7b795 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.SamsungJ/DbSerializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.SamsungJ/DbSerializer.cs
@@ -107,8 +107,13 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.SamsungJ
 
       using (ZipFile zip = new ZipFile(this.FileName))
       {
-        foreach(ZipEntry entry in zip)
-          this.Expand(zip, entry.Name);
+        foreach (ZipEntry entry in zip)
+        {
+          // only expand files from the root folder to avoid pit-falls with incorrectly rezipped lists
+          // that contain the data files in a subfolder
+          if (Path.GetDirectoryName(entry.Name) == "")
+            this.Expand(zip, entry.Name);
+        }
       }
     }
     #endregion
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.VDR/Serializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.VDR/Serializer.cs
index 5c32733..8a94e84 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.VDR/Serializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.VDR/Serializer.cs
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.VDR
 
         using (StreamWriter file = new StreamWriter(tvOutputFile))
         {
-            foreach (Channels channelInfo in this.allChannels.GetChannelsByNewOrder())
+            foreach (ChannelInfo channel in this.allChannels.GetChannelsByNewOrder())
             {
-                file.WriteLine(channelInfo.confLine);
+              // when a reference list was applied, the list may contain proxy entries for deleted channels, which must be ignored
+              if (channel is Channels vdrChannel)
+                file.WriteLine(vdrChannel.confLine);
             }
         }
     }