diff --git a/hubble-sync/src/storage/repo/info.rs b/hubble-sync/src/storage/repo/info.rs
index ae9ef0b..ce12c67 100644
--- a/hubble-sync/src/storage/repo/info.rs
+++ b/hubble-sync/src/storage/repo/info.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ impl RepoInfo {
             .filter_map(|pair| match pair {
                 Err(e) => Some(Err(LoadError::Storage(e))),
                 Ok((key, value)) => {
+                    // skip slots
+                    if key.contains(&0x00) {
+                        return None;
+                    }
                     let db: DbRepoInfo = match drisl::from_slice(&value) {
                         Ok(db) => db,
                         Err(e) => return Some(Err(e.into())),
@@ -865,6 +869,18 @@ mod tests {
             },
         );
 
+        // an app slot colocated at `<info-key>\x00u` (see info_slot): its bytes
+        // are not a DbRepoInfo (here, a bare CBOR uint) and the scan must skip
+        // it rather than try to decode it as repo info.
+        let slot_key = {
+            let mut k = DbRepoInfo::key(&plc('a'));
+            k.extend_from_slice(&[0x00, b'u']);
+            k
+        };
+        let mut b = eng.batch();
+        b.put(&slot_key, &[0x01]);
+        b.commit().unwrap();
+
         let mut found: Vec<String> = RepoInfo::scan_out_of_scope(&eng)
             .map(|r| r.unwrap().as_str().to_string())
             .collect();