diff --git a/src/main/scala/nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit/EasyConvertBagToDepositApp.scala b/src/main/scala/nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit/EasyConvertBagToDepositApp.scala
index 9d716dfb..5a2b73f2 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit/EasyConvertBagToDepositApp.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit/EasyConvertBagToDepositApp.scala
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ class EasyConvertBagToDepositApp(configuration: Configuration) extends DebugEnha
       newDcmi = (ddmOut \ "dcmiMetadata").headOption.getOrElse(<dcmiMetadata/>)
       amdFile = metadata / "amd.xml"
       amdIn <- getAmdXml(datasetId, amdFile)
+      _ = if (bagDir.name.startsWith(".") && (amdIn \\ "datasetState").text != "DELETED")
+        throw InvalidBagException(s"Inactive bag does not have state DELETED: $amdFile")
       fromVault = depositProps.getString("deposit.origin") == "VAULT"
       amdOut <- configuration.amdTransformer.transform(amdIn, ddmOut \ "ddm:created")
       agreementsFile = metadata / "depositor-info" / "agreements.xml"
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ class EasyConvertBagToDepositApp(configuration: Configuration) extends DebugEnha
 
   private def getBagDir(bagParentDir: File): Try[File] = Try {
     trace(bagParentDir)
-    val children = bagParentDir.children.toList
+    val children = bagParentDir.list.toList
     if (children.size > 1)
       throw InvalidBagException(s"more than just one item in $bagParentDir")
     children.find(_.isDirectory).getOrElse(
diff --git a/src/test/scala/nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit/AppSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit/AppSpec.scala
index 1b5574ff..e3134657 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit/AppSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit/AppSpec.scala
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ package nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit
 
 import better.files.File
 import nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit.BagSource._
-import nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit.Fixture.{ AppConfigSupport, FileSystemSupport, XmlSupport }
+import nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit.Fixture.{AppConfigSupport, FileSystemSupport, XmlSupport}
 import nl.knaw.dans.easy.bag2deposit.IdType._
 import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
 import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
 import scalaj.http.HttpResponse
 
 import scala.language.postfixOps
-import scala.util.{ Success, Try }
+import scala.util.{Failure, Success, Try}
 import scala.xml.XML
 
 class AppSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with XmlSupport with Matchers with AppConfigSupport with FileSystemSupport {
@@ -169,6 +169,27 @@ class AppSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with XmlSupport with Matchers with AppConfigSu
     normalized(XML.loadFile(amdXml.toJava)) shouldBe normalized(getAmdResult)
   }
 
+  it should "complain about inactive bag without state deleted" in {
+    val delegate = mock[MockBagIndex]
+    (delegate.execute(_: String)) expects s"bag-sequence?contains=$validUUID" returning
+      new HttpResponse[String]("123", 200, Map.empty)
+
+    val appConfig = testConfig(delegatingBagIndex(delegate), Some(mock[MockFedoraProvider]))
+
+    val bagDir = (resourceBags / validUUID).copyTo(testDir / "exports" / validUUID)
+      .children.toList.head
+    val hiddenBag = testDir / "exports" / validUUID / s".${bagDir.name}"
+    bagDir.moveTo(hiddenBag)
+
+    val outputDir = (testDir / "ingest-dir").createDirectories()
+    new EasyConvertBagToDepositApp(appConfig).addPropsToBags(
+      bagParentDirs = (testDir / "exports").children,
+      maybeOutputDir = Some(outputDir),
+      properties = DepositPropertiesFactory(appConfig, DOI, VAULT)
+    ) shouldBe Success("No fatal errors")
+    outputDir.list shouldBe empty
+  }
+
   it should "remove pre-staged files" in {
 
     val preStagedProvider = {
@@ -437,10 +458,6 @@ class AppSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with XmlSupport with Matchers with AppConfigSu
     (testBag / "metadata" / "files.xml")
       .writeText(originalFilesXml.serialize)
 
-    // pre-condition: another user than in account-substitutes.csv
-    (testBag / "metadata" / "amd.xml").contentAsString should
-      include("<depositorId>user001</depositorId>")
-
     new EasyConvertBagToDepositApp(appConfig).addPropsToBags(
       (testDir / "exports").children,
       maybeOutputDir = Some((testDir / "ingest-dir").createDirectories()),