diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 71558609..d286a374 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "twinny",
-  "version": "3.18.8",
+  "version": "3.18.9",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "twinny",
-      "version": "3.18.8",
+      "version": "3.18.9",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b4fee2a..aaca5136 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "twinny",
   "displayName": "twinny - AI Code Completion and Chat",
   "description": "Locally hosted AI code completion plugin for vscode",
-  "version": "3.18.8",
+  "version": "3.18.9",
   "icon": "assets/icon.png",
   "keywords": [
     "code-inference",
diff --git a/src/extension/embeddings.ts b/src/extension/embeddings.ts
index 04c3ea5a..82339516 100644
--- a/src/extension/embeddings.ts
+++ b/src/extension/embeddings.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export class EmbeddingDatabase extends Base {
     )
 
     ig.add(embeddingIgnoredGlobs)
+    ig.add([".git", ".gitignore"])
 
     const gitIgnoreFilePath = path.join(rootPath, ".gitignore")
 
diff --git a/src/extension/utils.ts b/src/extension/utils.ts
index 8d87f4f4..42f34566 100644
--- a/src/extension/utils.ts
+++ b/src/extension/utils.ts
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ export async function getAllFilePaths(dirPath: string): Promise<string[]> {
   )
 
   ig.add(embeddingIgnoredGlobs)
+  ig.add([".git", ".gitignore"])
 
   const gitIgnoreFilePath = path.join(rootPath, ".gitignore")