diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/BatchProcessing/AssistantBatchProcessing.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/BatchProcessing/AssistantBatchProcessing.razor
index 73e40fd6..43f96e11 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/BatchProcessing/AssistantBatchProcessing.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/BatchProcessing/AssistantBatchProcessing.razor	
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 @if (this.promptSource is BatchProcessingPromptSource.FREE_PROMPT)
 {
-    <ReadFileContent Text="@T("Load prompt from file")" @bind-FileContent="@this.freePrompt" Disabled="@this.isProcessingBatch"/>
+    <ReadFileContent Text="@T("Load prompt from file")" @bind-FileContent="@this.freePrompt" EnableDragDrop="true" Layer="@DropLayers.ASSISTANTS" CatchAllDocuments="true" Disabled="@this.isProcessingBatch"/>
 
     <MudTextField T="string" @bind-Text="@this.freePrompt" Validation="@this.ValidateFreePrompt" Immediate="@true" Disabled="@this.isProcessingBatch" Label="@T("What should the AI do with each document?")" HelperText="@T("These instructions are applied to every single document of the batch run.")" Variant="Variant.Outlined" Margin="Margin.Normal" Lines="5" AutoGrow="@true" MaxLines="26" Class="mb-3" UserAttributes="@USER_INPUT_ATTRIBUTES"/>
 }
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/BatchProcessing/AssistantBatchProcessing.razor.Validation.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/BatchProcessing/AssistantBatchProcessing.razor.Validation.cs
index 80cf156d..cbc101b6 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/BatchProcessing/AssistantBatchProcessing.razor.Validation.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/BatchProcessing/AssistantBatchProcessing.razor.Validation.cs	
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ public partial class AssistantBatchProcessing
         foreach (var patternEntry in individualPatterns)
         {
             var pattern = patternEntry.Trim();
+            if (pattern.Contains("**", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                return T("Please use only single asterisks as wildcards, e.g., *.pdf or report-*.docx.");
+
             if (pattern is "." or ".."
                 || pattern.EndsWith("..", StringComparison.Ordinal)
                 || pattern.IndexOfAny([Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar, '/', '\\']) >= 0)
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Assistants.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Assistants.razor
index 2f5a3c31..8f4bd907 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Assistants.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Assistants.razor	
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <AssistantCategoryBlock Title="@T("Business")">
             <AssistantBlock TSettings="SettingsDialogWritingEMails" Component="Components.EMAIL_ASSISTANT" Name="@T("E-Mail")" Description="@T("Generate an e-mail for a given context.")" Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Email" Link="@Routes.ASSISTANT_EMAIL"/>
             <AssistantBlock TSettings="NoSettingsPanel" Component="Components.DOCUMENT_ANALYSIS_ASSISTANT" Name="@T("Document Analysis")" Description="@T("Analyze a document regarding defined rules and extract key information.")" Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.DocumentScanner" Link="@Routes.ASSISTANT_DOCUMENT_ANALYSIS"/>
-            <AssistantBlock TSettings="NoSettingsPanel" Component="Components.BATCH_PROCESSING_ASSISTANT" Name="@T("Batch Processing")" Description="@T("Process all documents of a folder in one batch run and collect the results.")" Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.DynamicFeed" Link="@Routes.ASSISTANT_BATCH_PROCESSING"/>
+            <AssistantBlock TSettings="SettingsDialogBatchProcessing" Component="Components.BATCH_PROCESSING_ASSISTANT" Name="@T("Batch Processing")" Description="@T("Process all documents of a folder in one batch run and collect the results.")" Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.DynamicFeed" Link="@Routes.ASSISTANT_BATCH_PROCESSING"/>
             <AssistantBlock TSettings="SettingsDialogMyTasks" Component="Components.MY_TASKS_ASSISTANT" Name="@T("My Tasks")" Description="@T("Analyze a text or an email for tasks you need to complete.")" Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Task" Link="@Routes.ASSISTANT_MY_TASKS"/>
             <AssistantBlock TSettings="SettingsDialogAgenda" Component="Components.AGENDA_ASSISTANT" Name="@T("Agenda Planner")" Description="@T("Generate an agenda for a given meeting, seminar, etc.")" Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.CalendarToday" Link="@Routes.ASSISTANT_AGENDA"/>
             <AssistantBlock TSettings="SettingsDialogJobPostings" Component="Components.JOB_POSTING_ASSISTANT" Name="@T("Job Posting")" Description="@T("Generate a job posting for a given job description.")" Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Work" Link="@Routes.ASSISTANT_JOB_POSTING"/>
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@
         </AssistantCategoryBlock>
 
     </InnerScrolling>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>