diff --git a/src/Files.App.Controls/Sidebar/ISidebarItemModel.cs b/src/Files.App.Controls/Sidebar/ISidebarItemModel.cs
index ab0e4742ae6c..43f08be3f660 100644
--- a/src/Files.App.Controls/Sidebar/ISidebarItemModel.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App.Controls/Sidebar/ISidebarItemModel.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ namespace Files.App.Controls
 {
 	public interface ISidebarItemModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The filesystem path represented by this item, if any.
+		/// </summary>
+		string? Path { get; }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The children of this item that will be rendered as child elements of the SidebarItem
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Files.App.Controls/Sidebar/SidebarItem.cs b/src/Files.App.Controls/Sidebar/SidebarItem.cs
index ddd0a3df3dc5..9ac319ab1aff 100644
--- a/src/Files.App.Controls/Sidebar/SidebarItem.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App.Controls/Sidebar/SidebarItem.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public void HandleItemChange()
 			HookupItemChangeListener(null, Item);
 			UpdateExpansionState();
 			ReevaluateSelection();
-			CanDrag = Item?.GetType().GetProperty("Path")?.GetValue(Item) is string path && Path.IsPathRooted(path);
+			CanDrag = Item?.Path is string path && Path.IsPathRooted(path);
 		}
 
 		private void HookupOwners()
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private void HookupItemChangeListener(ISidebarItemModel? oldItem, ISidebarItemMo
 
 		private void SidebarItem_DragStarting(UIElement sender, DragStartingEventArgs args)
 		{
-			if (Item?.GetType().GetProperty("Path")?.GetValue(Item) is not string dragPath || !Path.IsPathRooted(dragPath))
+			if (Item?.Path is not string dragPath || !Path.IsPathRooted(dragPath))
 				return;
 
 			args.Data.SetData(StandardDataFormats.Text, dragPath);
diff --git a/src/Files.App/ViewModels/Settings/SettingsPageViewModel.cs b/src/Files.App/ViewModels/Settings/SettingsPageViewModel.cs
index f1bb4c3046d2..479f0e707d2d 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/ViewModels/Settings/SettingsPageViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/ViewModels/Settings/SettingsPageViewModel.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public sealed partial class SettingsNavigationItem : ObservableObject, ISidebarI
 		public string AutomationId { get; }
 		public string Text { get; }
 		public ThemedIcon IconElement { get; }
+		public string? Path => null;
 
 		// ISidebarItemModel
 		public object? Children => null;