diff --git a/nc_py_api/files/__init__.py b/nc_py_api/files/__init__.py
index 75d3d58c..ce8f3c19 100644
--- a/nc_py_api/files/__init__.py
+++ b/nc_py_api/files/__init__.py
@@ -5,12 +5,18 @@
 import email.utils
 import enum
 import os
+import re
 import warnings
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from .. import _misc
 
+user_regex = re.compile(r"(?:files|trashbin|versions)/([^/]+)/")
+"""Regex for evaluating user from full path string; instantiated once on import."""
+user_path_regex = re.compile(r".*?(files|trashbin|versions)/([^/]+)/")
+"""Regex for evaluating user path from full path string; instantiated once on import."""
+
 
 class LockType(enum.IntEnum):
     """Nextcloud File Locks types."""
@@ -218,12 +224,12 @@ def name(self) -> str:
     @property
     def user(self) -> str:
         """Returns user ID extracted from the `full_path`."""
-        return self.full_path.lstrip("/").split("/", maxsplit=2)[1]
+        return user_regex.findall(self.full_path)[0]
 
     @property
     def user_path(self) -> str:
         """Returns path relative to the user's root directory."""
-        return self.full_path.lstrip("/").split("/", maxsplit=2)[-1]
+        return user_path_regex.sub("", self.full_path, count=1)
 
     @property
     def is_shared(self) -> bool: