diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/trash/TrashModal.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/trash/TrashModal.vue
index 9052cf5720..271d12a8d0 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/trash/TrashModal.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/trash/TrashModal.vue
@@ -281,19 +281,24 @@
         'moveContentNodes',
         'loadContentNodes',
         'loadAncestors',
+        'removeContentNodes',
       ]),
       loadNodes() {
         this.loading = true;
+        this.more = null;
+        this.moreLoading = false;
         if (!this.trashId) {
           this.loading = false;
           return;
         }
-        this.loadChildren({ parent: this.trashId, ordering: '-modified' }).then(
-          childrenResponse => {
-            this.loading = false;
-            this.more = childrenResponse.more || null;
-          },
-        );
+        this.removeContentNodes({ parentId: this.trashId }).then(() => {
+          this.loadChildren({ parent: this.trashId, ordering: '-modified' }).then(
+            childrenResponse => {
+              this.loading = false;
+              this.more = childrenResponse.more || null;
+            },
+          );
+        });
       },
       moveNodes(target) {
         return this.moveContentNodes({
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/__tests__/ContentNodeResource.spec.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/__tests__/ContentNodeResource.spec.js
index 3f16719252..31bcb53bb4 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/__tests__/ContentNodeResource.spec.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/__tests__/ContentNodeResource.spec.js
@@ -574,8 +574,12 @@ describe('ContentNode methods', () => {
 
     it('should update the node with the payload', async () => {
       node.parent = parent.id;
-      await expect(ContentNode.tableMove({ node, parent, payload, change })).resolves.toBe(payload);
-      expect(table.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(node.id, payload);
+      const result = await ContentNode.tableMove({ node, parent, payload, change });
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({ ...payload, modified: expect.any(String) });
+      expect(table.update).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      const [updateId, updatePayload] = table.update.mock.calls[0];
+      expect(updateId).toBe(node.id);
+      expect(updatePayload).toBe(result);
       expect(table.put).not.toBeCalled();
       expect(table.update).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(node.parent, { changed: true });
     });
@@ -584,19 +588,23 @@ describe('ContentNode methods', () => {
       node.parent = parent.id;
       updated = false;
       const newPayload = { ...payload, root_id: parent.root_id };
-      await expect(ContentNode.tableMove({ node, parent, payload, change })).resolves.toMatchObject(
-        newPayload,
+      const result = await ContentNode.tableMove({ node, parent, payload, change });
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({ ...newPayload, modified: expect.any(String) });
+      expect(table.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        node.id,
+        expect.objectContaining({ ...payload, modified: expect.any(String) }),
       );
-      expect(table.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(node.id, payload);
-      expect(table.put).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newPayload);
+      expect(table.put).toHaveBeenCalledWith(result);
       expect(table.update).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(node.parent, { changed: true });
     });
 
     it('should mark the old parent as changed', async () => {
-      await expect(ContentNode.tableMove({ node, parent, payload, change })).resolves.toMatchObject(
-        payload,
+      const result = await ContentNode.tableMove({ node, parent, payload, change });
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({ ...payload, modified: expect.any(String) });
+      expect(table.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        node.id,
+        expect.objectContaining({ ...payload, modified: expect.any(String) }),
       );
-      expect(table.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(node.id, payload);
       expect(table.put).not.toBeCalled();
       expect(table.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(node.parent, { changed: true });
     });
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/resources.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/resources.js
index 37c307d850..1ddc0cdbfe 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/resources.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/resources.js
@@ -1687,6 +1687,10 @@ export const ContentNode = new TreeResource({
   async tableMove({ node, parent, payload }) {
     // Do direct table writes here rather than using add/update methods to avoid
     // creating unnecessary additional change events.
+    payload = {
+      ...payload,
+      modified: new Date().toISOString(),
+    };
     const updated = await this.table.update(node.id, payload);
     // Update didn't succeed, this node probably doesn't exist, do a put instead,
     // but need to add in other parent info.