diff --git a/backend/queue_worker.py b/backend/queue_worker.py
index b5851e6..3cba263 100644
--- a/backend/queue_worker.py
+++ b/backend/queue_worker.py
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ class QueueWorker:
                 if not children:
                     cat = tree_by_id.get(parent_id)
                     if cat:
-                        path_model = (cat.get("url") or "").lstrip("/") or None
+                        url_slug = (cat.get("url") or "").lstrip("/")
+                        # Trendyol Search API now requires -x-c{id} suffix on pathModel
+                        path_model = f"{url_slug}-x-c{cat['id']}" if url_slug else None
                         return [(path_model, cat["name"], cat["id"])]
                     return []
                 leaves = []
diff --git a/backend/scraper.py b/backend/scraper.py
index 3e0427c..6e7801e 100644
--- a/backend/scraper.py
+++ b/backend/scraper.py
@@ -210,7 +210,11 @@ class TrendyolSearchScraper:
         if not first:
             return []
 
-        total = first.get("total", 0) or first.get("totalCount", 0) or first.get("roughTotal", 0)
+        total_raw = first.get("total") or first.get("totalCount") or first.get("roughTotal") or 0
+        try:
+            total = int(total_raw)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            total = 0
         raw_products = first.get("products", [])
 
         if total == 0 and not raw_products: