diff --git a/src/Components/TrailPath.svelte b/src/Components/TrailPath.svelte
index 013f818d..e92f675b 100644
--- a/src/Components/TrailPath.svelte
+++ b/src/Components/TrailPath.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     hoverPreview,
     openOrSwitch,
   } from "obsidian-community-lib/dist/utils";
-  import { TRAIL_LENGTHS } from "../constants";
+  import { getTrailLength } from "../Views/TrailView";
   import type BCPlugin from "../main";
   import { dropDendron } from "../Utils/generalUtils";
   import { getAlt } from "../Utils/ObsidianUtils";
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
   const { view } = app.workspace.activeLeaf;
   let { showAll, noPathMessage, trailSeperator } = settings;
 
-  function getTrailLength(curr: string, offset: number = 1) {
-    return TRAIL_LENGTHS[
-      (TRAIL_LENGTHS.indexOf(curr) + offset) % TRAIL_LENGTHS.length
-    ];
-  }
-
   let trail_length = showAll;
 
   $: trailsToShow =
diff --git a/src/Views/TrailView.ts b/src/Views/TrailView.ts
index 2126ae0c..510888a9 100644
--- a/src/Views/TrailView.ts
+++ b/src/Views/TrailView.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   BC_HIDE_TRAIL,
   blankRealNImplied,
   JUGGL_TRAIL_DEFAULTS,
+  TRAIL_LENGTHS,
 } from "../constants";
 import type { BCSettings, EdgeAttr, RealNImplied } from "../interfaces";
 import type BCPlugin from "../main";
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ function getNextNPrev(plugin: BCPlugin, currNode: string) {
   return nextNPrev;
 }
 
+export function getTrailLength(curr: string, offset: number = 1) {
+  const index =
+    (TRAIL_LENGTHS.indexOf(curr) + offset) % TRAIL_LENGTHS.length;
+  return TRAIL_LENGTHS[index < 0 ? TRAIL_LENGTHS.length + index : index];
+}
+
 export async function drawTrail(plugin: BCPlugin): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const { settings, db, app, mainG } = plugin;