diff --git a/archive/server/src/sync/merkle.rs b/archive/server/src/sync/merkle.rs
index 961b174ce..e30a5bcbe 100644
--- a/archive/server/src/sync/merkle.rs
+++ b/archive/server/src/sync/merkle.rs
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ const GLOBAL_IGNORE_PATTERNS: &[&str] = &[
     "*.jpg",
     "*.jpeg",
     "*.gif",
+    "*.dmg",
     "*.mp4",
     "*.svg",
     "*.ico",
diff --git a/extensions/vscode/esbuild.js b/extensions/vscode/esbuild.js
index 607b7844a..5bf7b6ad4 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode/esbuild.js
+++ b/extensions/vscode/esbuild.js
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ const { exec } = require("child_process");
           }
         }
       );
-    } else {
-      ncp.ncp("sync.node", "out/sync.node", (err) => {
-        if (err) {
-          return console.error(err);
-        }
-      });
     }
 
     fs.mkdirSync("out/node_modules", { recursive: true });
diff --git a/extensions/vscode/src/continueIdeClient.ts b/extensions/vscode/src/continueIdeClient.ts
index e729f815e..c7e2f5a33 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode/src/continueIdeClient.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode/src/continueIdeClient.ts
@@ -314,6 +314,52 @@ class IdeProtocolClient {
     const nameAndType = (
       await vscode.workspace.fs.readDirectory(uriFromFilePath(directory))
     ).filter(([name, type]) => {
+      const DEFAULT_IGNORE_FILETYPES = [
+        "DS_Store",
+        "-lock.json",
+        "lock",
+        "log",
+        "ttf",
+        "png",
+        "jpg",
+        "jpeg",
+        "gif",
+        "mp4",
+        "svg",
+        "ico",
+        "pdf",
+        "zip",
+        "gz",
+        "tar",
+        "dmg",
+        "tgz",
+        "rar",
+        "7z",
+        "exe",
+        "dll",
+        "obj",
+        "o",
+        "a",
+        "lib",
+        "so",
+        "dylib",
+        "ncb",
+        "sdf",
+        "woff",
+        "woff2",
+        "eot",
+        "cur",
+        "avi",
+        "mpg",
+        "mpeg",
+        "mov",
+        "mp3",
+        "mp4",
+        "mkv",
+        "mkv",
+        "webm",
+        "jar",
+      ];
       const DEFAULT_IGNORE_DIRS = [
         ".git",
         ".vscode",
@@ -333,11 +379,12 @@ class IdeProtocolClient {
         ".vscode-test",
         ".continue",
         "__pycache__",
-        // Files
-        ".DS_Store",
       ];
       if (
-        !DEFAULT_IGNORE_DIRS.some((dir) => name.split(path.sep).includes(dir))
+        !DEFAULT_IGNORE_DIRS.some((dir) =>
+          name.split(path.sep).includes(dir)
+        ) &&
+        !DEFAULT_IGNORE_FILETYPES.some((filetype) => name.endsWith(filetype))
       ) {
         return name;
       }
diff --git a/sync/Cargo.lock b/sync/Cargo.lock
index d1fbf00f8..2c7294abb 100644
--- a/sync/Cargo.lock
+++ b/sync/Cargo.lock
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ version = "0.27.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf4e226dcd58b4be396f7bd3c20da8fdee2911400705297ba7d2d7cc2c30f716"
 dependencies = [
+ "cc",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]