diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ca811d6..6ff939c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 ### Fix
 - Fix loading animated images with a huge number of frames.
+- Fix recursive presets detection.
 - (pro) Fix `video_thumbnail_tile` option behavior when the video has a single keyframe.
 - (pro) Fix the `trim` argument of the `video_thumbnail_tile` processing option.
 - (pro) Fix `video_thumbnail_tile` behavior when the `step` argument value is less than frame duration.
diff --git a/options/presets.go b/options/presets.go
index ba7de745..d9248374 100644
--- a/options/presets.go
+++ b/options/presets.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func parsePreset(presetStr string) error {
 func ValidatePresets() error {
 	for name, opts := range presets {
 		po := NewProcessingOptions()
-		if err := applyURLOptions(po, opts); err != nil {
+		if err := applyURLOptions(po, opts, name); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error in preset `%s`: %s", name, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/options/presets_test.go b/options/presets_test.go
index 50ec347f..e78f0c1f 100644
--- a/options/presets_test.go
+++ b/options/presets_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (s *PresetsTestSuite) TestParsePresetComment() {
 
 func (s *PresetsTestSuite) TestValidatePresets() {
 	presets = map[string]urlOptions{
-		"test": urlOptions{
+		"test": {
 			urlOption{Name: "resize", Args: []string{"fit", "100", "200"}},
 			urlOption{Name: "sharpen", Args: []string{"2"}},
 		},
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (s *PresetsTestSuite) TestValidatePresets() {
 
 func (s *PresetsTestSuite) TestValidatePresetsInvalid() {
 	presets = map[string]urlOptions{
-		"test": urlOptions{
+		"test": {
 			urlOption{Name: "resize", Args: []string{"fit", "-1", "-2"}},
 			urlOption{Name: "sharpen", Args: []string{"2"}},
 		},
diff --git a/options/processing_options.go b/options/processing_options.go
index 71b859f7..0fc4efef 100644
--- a/options/processing_options.go
+++ b/options/processing_options.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -177,15 +178,6 @@ func (po *ProcessingOptions) GetQuality() int {
 	return q
 }
 
-func (po *ProcessingOptions) isPresetUsed(name string) bool {
-	for _, usedName := range po.UsedPresets {
-		if usedName == name {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 func (po *ProcessingOptions) Diff() structdiff.Entries {
 	return structdiff.Diff(NewProcessingOptions(), po)
 }
@@ -689,17 +681,17 @@ func applyPixelateOption(po *ProcessingOptions, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func applyPresetOption(po *ProcessingOptions, args []string) error {
+func applyPresetOption(po *ProcessingOptions, args []string, usedPresets ...string) error {
 	for _, preset := range args {
 		if p, ok := presets[preset]; ok {
-			if po.isPresetUsed(preset) {
+			if slices.Contains(usedPresets, preset) {
 				log.Warningf("Recursive preset usage is detected: %s", preset)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			po.UsedPresets = append(po.UsedPresets, preset)
 
-			if err := applyURLOptions(po, p); err != nil {
+			if err := applyURLOptions(po, p, append(usedPresets, preset)...); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -976,7 +968,7 @@ func applyMaxAnimationFrameResolutionOption(po *ProcessingOptions, args []string
 	return nil
 }
 
-func applyURLOption(po *ProcessingOptions, name string, args []string) error {
+func applyURLOption(po *ProcessingOptions, name string, args []string, usedPresets ...string) error {
 	switch name {
 	case "resize", "rs":
 		return applyResizeOption(po, args)
@@ -1056,7 +1048,7 @@ func applyURLOption(po *ProcessingOptions, name string, args []string) error {
 		return applyReturnAttachmentOption(po, args)
 	// Presets
 	case "preset", "pr":
-		return applyPresetOption(po, args)
+		return applyPresetOption(po, args, usedPresets...)
 	// Security
 	case "max_src_resolution", "msr":
 		return applyMaxSrcResolutionOption(po, args)
@@ -1071,9 +1063,9 @@ func applyURLOption(po *ProcessingOptions, name string, args []string) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("Unknown processing option: %s", name)
 }
 
-func applyURLOptions(po *ProcessingOptions, options urlOptions) error {
+func applyURLOptions(po *ProcessingOptions, options urlOptions, usedPresets ...string) error {
 	for _, opt := range options {
-		if err := applyURLOption(po, opt.Name, opt.Args); err != nil {
+		if err := applyURLOption(po, opt.Name, opt.Args, usedPresets...); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/options/processing_options_test.go b/options/processing_options_test.go
index 2c1416a6..1ab1b5c3 100644
--- a/options/processing_options_test.go
+++ b/options/processing_options_test.go
@@ -377,14 +377,15 @@ func (s *ProcessingOptionsTestSuite) TestParsePathPresetDefault() {
 func (s *ProcessingOptionsTestSuite) TestParsePathPresetLoopDetection() {
 	presets["test1"] = urlOptions{
 		urlOption{Name: "resizing_type", Args: []string{"fill"}},
+		urlOption{Name: "preset", Args: []string{"test2"}},
 	}
 
 	presets["test2"] = urlOptions{
 		urlOption{Name: "blur", Args: []string{"0.2"}},
-		urlOption{Name: "quality", Args: []string{"50"}},
+		urlOption{Name: "preset", Args: []string{"test1"}},
 	}
 
-	path := "/preset:test1:test2:test1/plain/http://images.dev/lorem/ipsum.jpg"
+	path := "/preset:test1/plain/http://images.dev/lorem/ipsum.jpg"
 	po, _, err := ParsePath(path, make(http.Header))
 
 	require.Nil(s.T(), err)