diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18f12ec..a8dffde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # WoodpeckerPlugins
 Simple plugins I created and use for Woodpecker CI. Check subdirectories for specific plugin READMEs.
+
+*Note: The code for all of these is probably awful to look at because functionality is a lot more important to me in single-file scripts than proper conventions are. Sorry!*
diff --git a/nextcloud-upload/README.md b/nextcloud-upload/README.md
index ff1a84b..f6607b1 100644
--- a/nextcloud-upload/README.md
+++ b/nextcloud-upload/README.md
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ steps:
       # optional retention settings, useful if old builds should be deleted automatically
       retentionamount: 7 # amount of children that retentionbase is allowed to have before oldest ones are deleted on upload
       retentionbase: Uploads # directory that the retentionamount applies to
+      retentionskiptrash: false # whether retention-based deletion should skip the Nextcloud trash, defaults to false
 
       # misc optional settings
       basedir: "." # local base directory for files, defaults to .
       chunksize: # chunk size in bytes, defaults to 10485760, or 10 MiB
-      quiet: false # whether to reduce output
+      quiet: false # whether to reduce output, defaults to false
       tags: # a set of tags to apply to uploaded files, tag is expected to already exist
         - mytag
-      flatten: false # whether to flatten directories, causing all files to be placed directly in dest
+      flatten: false # whether to flatten directories, causing all files to be placed directly in dest, defaults to false
 ```
diff --git a/nextcloud-upload/run.js b/nextcloud-upload/run.js
index 66c9dc0..1104c67 100644
--- a/nextcloud-upload/run.js
+++ b/nextcloud-upload/run.js
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ if (!destEnv)
 
 const baseDir = process.env.PLUGIN_BASEDIR || ".";
 const chunkSizeEnv = process.env.PLUGIN_CHUNKSIZE || 10 * 1024 * 1024;
-const quiet = process.env.PLUGIN_QUIET || false;
+const quiet = process.env.PLUGIN_QUIET == "true";
 const tags = process.env.PLUGIN_TAGS || "";
-const flatten = process.env.PLUGIN_FLATTEN || false;
+const flatten = process.env.PLUGIN_FLATTEN == "true";
 const retentionBase = process.env.PLUGIN_RETENTIONBASE || "";
 const retentionAmount = process.env.PLUGIN_RETENTIONAMOUNT || 0;
+const retentionSkipTrash = process.env.PLUGIN_RETENTIONSKIPTRASH == "true";
 
 upload();
 
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ async function upload() {
                 // sort directories by last modified
                 dirs.sort((a, b) => new Date(a["d:propstat"]["d:prop"]["d:getlastmodified"]) - new Date(b["d:propstat"]["d:prop"]["d:getlastmodified"]));
                 while (dirs.length > parseInt(retentionAmount)) {
-                    let dir = `${serverEnv}${dirs[0]["d:href"]}`;
+                    let dir = serverEnv + dirs[0]["d:href"];
+                    let dirName = dir.substring(retentionPath.length - retentionBase.length).replace(/\/$/, "");
                     await axios.request({
                         method: "delete",
                         url: dir,
@@ -62,7 +64,36 @@ async function upload() {
                             password: tokenEnv
                         }
                     });
-                    console.log(`Deleted directory ${dir.substring(retentionPath.length + 1)} because retention amount of ${retentionAmount} was reached`);
+
+                    // if we skip the trash, we actually also have to delete the item from the trash
+                    if (retentionSkipTrash) {
+                        let trashResponse = await axios.request({
+                            method: "propfind",
+                            url: `${basePath}/trashbin/${userEnv}/trash`,
+                            auth: {
+                                username: userEnv,
+                                password: tokenEnv
+                            },
+                            data: `<?xml version="1.0"?>
+                                <d:propfind xmlns:d="DAV:" xmlns:oc="http://owncloud.org/ns" xmlns:nc="http://nextcloud.org/ns">
+                                    <d:prop>
+                                        <nc:trashbin-original-location/>
+                                    </d:prop>
+                                </d:propfind>`
+                        });
+                        let trashContent = JSON.parse(xml.toJson(trashResponse.data))["d:multistatus"]["d:response"];
+                        let trashItem = trashContent.find(e => e["d:propstat"]["d:prop"]["nc:trashbin-original-location"] == dirName);
+                        await axios.request({
+                            method: "delete",
+                            url: serverEnv + trashItem["d:href"],
+                            auth: {
+                                username: userEnv,
+                                password: tokenEnv
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+
+                    console.log(`Deleted directory ${dirName} because retention amount of ${retentionAmount} was reached${retentionSkipTrash ? " (skipped trash)" : ""}`);
                     dirs.splice(0, 1);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/nextcloud-upload/test.sh b/nextcloud-upload/test.sh
index a0da691..e02c986 100644
--- a/nextcloud-upload/test.sh
+++ b/nextcloud-upload/test.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ export PLUGIN_SERVER=https://cloud.ellpeck.de
 export PLUGIN_USER=EllBot
 export PLUGIN_FILES=**/*.md
 export PLUGIN_DEST=Uploads/$(date '+%M:%S')
-export PLUGIN_RETENTION_BASE=Uploads
-export PLUGIN_RETENTION_AMOUNT=3
+export PLUGIN_RETENTIONBASE=Uploads
+export PLUGIN_RETENTIONAMOUNT=3
+export PLUGIN_RETENTIONSKIPTRASH=true
 
 npm install
 node run.js