diff --git a/vita3k/interface.cpp b/vita3k/interface.cpp
index e393ca6ba..05afba4a9 100644
--- a/vita3k/interface.cpp
+++ b/vita3k/interface.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static ExitCode load_app_impl(SceUID &main_module_id, EmuEnvState &emuenv) {
 
             // Kernel plugins — only HLE-backed ones are meaningful.
             for (const auto &plugin_path : tai_config.kernel_plugins) {
-                const bool is_kubridge = plugin_path.find("kubridge") != std::string::npos;
+                const bool is_kubridge = fs::path(plugin_path).filename() == "kubridge.skprx";
                 if (is_kubridge) {
                     LOG_INFO("Tai: kernel plugin '{}' is HLE-backed (kubridge), skipping real load", plugin_path);
                 } else {
diff --git a/vita3k/modules/SceKuBridge/SceKuBridge.cpp b/vita3k/modules/SceKuBridge/SceKuBridge.cpp
index ea307aae6..002fb2975 100644
--- a/vita3k/modules/SceKuBridge/SceKuBridge.cpp
+++ b/vita3k/modules/SceKuBridge/SceKuBridge.cpp
@@ -50,10 +50,25 @@ struct KuBridgeState {
     Address abort_handler{};
 
     // Maps a SceUID → base address of the reserved virtual memory region.
-    // These regions are created by kuKernelMemReserve and tracked so that
-    // kuKernelMemDecommit can locate and free sub-regions.
+    // These regions are created by kuKernelMemReserve / kuKernelAllocMemBlock
+    // and tracked so that kuKernelMemDecommit can locate and free sub-regions.
     std::unordered_map<SceUID, Address> reserved_blocks;
-    SceUID next_reserved_uid{ 0x70000000 }; // synthetic UIDs for reserved blocks
+
+    // Synthetic UIDs are issued from a separate range well above what the
+    // kernel SysmemState counter will reach in practice.  We use 32-bit
+    // arithmetic on SceUID (int32_t), so we detect near-wrap and saturate.
+    static constexpr SceUID ku_uid_base = 0x40000001;
+    SceUID next_reserved_uid{ ku_uid_base };
+
+    SceUID get_next_uid() {
+        const SceUID uid = next_reserved_uid;
+        // Advance, wrapping back to base on exhaustion (extremely unlikely).
+        if (next_reserved_uid < 0x7FFFFFFE)
+            ++next_reserved_uid;
+        else
+            next_reserved_uid = ku_uid_base;
+        return uid;
+    }
 };
 
 LIBRARY_INIT(SceKuBridge) {
@@ -129,7 +144,7 @@ EXPORT(SceUID, kuKernelAllocMemBlock, const char *name, SceKernelMemBlockType ty
     // Track the block in KuBridgeState so we can free it later.
     const auto state = emuenv.kernel.obj_store.get<KuBridgeState>();
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(state->mutex);
-    const SceUID uid = state->next_reserved_uid++;
+    const SceUID uid = state->get_next_uid();
     state->reserved_blocks[uid] = base;
 
     LOG_INFO("kuKernelAllocMemBlock: '{}' size={} base={:#010x} uid={}", name, size, base, uid);
@@ -260,7 +275,7 @@ EXPORT(SceUID, kuKernelMemReserve, Ptr<Ptr<void>> addr, SceSize size, SceKernelM
     // Register in KuBridgeState.
     const auto state = emuenv.kernel.obj_store.get<KuBridgeState>();
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(state->mutex);
-    const SceUID uid = state->next_reserved_uid++;
+    const SceUID uid = state->get_next_uid();
     state->reserved_blocks[uid] = base;
 
     LOG_INFO("kuKernelMemReserve: size={} base={:#010x} uid={}", size, base, uid);
diff --git a/vita3k/modules/SceTaiHen/SceTaiHen.cpp b/vita3k/modules/SceTaiHen/SceTaiHen.cpp
index 54f5e622f..b865975ab 100644
--- a/vita3k/modules/SceTaiHen/SceTaiHen.cpp
+++ b/vita3k/modules/SceTaiHen/SceTaiHen.cpp
@@ -551,8 +551,11 @@ EXPORT(SceUID, taiLoadStartKernelModule, const char *path, SceSize args, Ptr<con
     if (path) {
         const std::string_view path_view(path);
         // kubridge.skprx is fully HLE-implemented as SceKuBridge.
-        // Return a synthetic module UID so the caller doesn't fail on the check.
-        if (path_view.find("kubridge") != std::string_view::npos) {
+        // Match only the exact filename to avoid false positives like
+        // "my_kubridge_proxy.skprx". Extract the part after the last '/' or ':'.
+        const auto sep = path_view.find_last_of("/:");
+        const std::string_view filename = (sep != std::string_view::npos) ? path_view.substr(sep + 1) : path_view;
+        if (filename == "kubridge.skprx") {
             LOG_INFO("taiLoadStartKernelModule: '{}' is HLE-implemented, returning synthetic UID", path);
             // Return a fixed synthetic UID in the positive kernel module range.
             return 0x40000001;
diff --git a/vita3k/modules/SceTaiHen/tai_config.cpp b/vita3k/modules/SceTaiHen/tai_config.cpp
index a4df6c706..46b8471f7 100644
--- a/vita3k/modules/SceTaiHen/tai_config.cpp
+++ b/vita3k/modules/SceTaiHen/tai_config.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace tai {
 namespace {
 
 /// Trim leading and trailing whitespace (including CR) from a string.
-static std::string trim(std::string s) {
+std::string trim(std::string s) {
     // Erase leading whitespace.
     s.erase(s.begin(), std::find_if(s.begin(), s.end(), [](unsigned char c) {
         return !std::isspace(c);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static std::string trim(std::string s) {
 /// Return true if the string looks like a Vita title ID.
 /// Title IDs are exactly 9 characters: 4 uppercase letters + 5 digits
 /// (e.g. "PCSX00000").
-static bool is_title_id(const std::string &s) {
+bool is_title_id(const std::string &s) {
     if (s.size() != 9)
         return false;
     for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {