diff --git a/plugin/src/plugin.ts b/plugin/src/plugin.ts
index afd3f63..3b7be81 100644
--- a/plugin/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/plugin.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ export default class SyncPlugin extends Plugin {
 
 		const syncService = new SyncService(database);
 
-		const syncer = new Syncer({
+		const syncer = new Syncer(
 			database,
-			operations: this.operations,
 			syncService,
-			history: this.history,
-		});
+			this.operations,
+			this.history
+		);
 
 		const statusDescription = new StatusDescription(
 			database,
diff --git a/plugin/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts b/plugin/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
index 8d80438..efa42de 100644
--- a/plugin/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
@@ -15,55 +15,31 @@ import { EMPTY_HASH, hash } from "src/utils/hash";
 import type { components } from "src/services/types.js";
 
 export class Syncer {
-	private readonly database: Database;
-	private readonly syncService: SyncService;
-	private readonly operations: FileOperations;
-	private readonly history: SyncHistory;
-
-	private isRunningOfflineSync = false;
-
-	// The offline sync methods call file sync methods, however, we can't preempt promises so we 2 queues to avoid a deadlock
-	private readonly offlineSyncQueue: PQueue;
-	private readonly fileSyncQueue: PQueue;
-
 	private readonly remainingOperationsListeners: ((
 		remainingOperations: number
 	) => void)[] = [];
 
-	public constructor({
-		database,
-		syncService,
-		operations,
-		history,
-	}: {
-		database: Database;
-		syncService: SyncService;
-		operations: FileOperations;
-		history: SyncHistory;
-	}) {
-		this.database = database;
-		this.syncService = syncService;
-		this.operations = operations;
-		this.history = history;
+	private readonly syncQueue: PQueue;
 
-		this.fileSyncQueue = new PQueue({
-			concurrency: database.getSettings().syncConcurrency,
-		});
-		this.offlineSyncQueue = new PQueue({
+	private isRunningOfflineSync = false;
+
+	public constructor(
+		private readonly database: Database,
+		private readonly syncService: SyncService,
+		private readonly operations: FileOperations,
+		private readonly history: SyncHistory
+	) {
+		this.syncQueue = new PQueue({
 			concurrency: database.getSettings().syncConcurrency,
 		});
 
 		database.addOnSettingsChangeHandlers((settings) => {
-			this.fileSyncQueue.concurrency = settings.syncConcurrency;
-			this.offlineSyncQueue.concurrency = settings.syncConcurrency;
+			this.syncQueue.concurrency = settings.syncConcurrency;
 		});
 
-		const updateRemainingOperations = () =>
-			this.emitRemainingOperationsChange(
-				this.fileSyncQueue.size + this.offlineSyncQueue.size
-			);
-		this.fileSyncQueue.on("active", updateRemainingOperations);
-		this.offlineSyncQueue.on("active", updateRemainingOperations);
+		this.syncQueue.on("active", () => {
+			this.emitRemainingOperationsChange(this.syncQueue.size);
+		});
 	}
 
 	public addRemainingOperationsListener(
@@ -76,8 +52,171 @@ export class Syncer {
 		relativePath: RelativePath,
 		updateTime: Date
 	): Promise<void> {
-		await this.safelySync(async () => {
-			try {
+		await this.syncQueue.add(async () =>
+			this.internalSyncLocallyCreatedFile(relativePath, updateTime)
+		);
+	}
+
+	public async syncLocallyUpdatedFile(args: {
+		oldPath?: RelativePath;
+		relativePath: RelativePath;
+		updateTime: Date;
+	}): Promise<void> {
+		await this.syncQueue.add(async () =>
+			this.internalSyncLocallyUpdatedFile(args)
+		);
+	}
+
+	public async syncLocallyDeletedFile(
+		relativePath: RelativePath
+	): Promise<void> {
+		await this.syncQueue.add(async () =>
+			this.internalSyncLocallyDeletedFile(relativePath)
+		);
+	}
+
+	public async syncRemotelyUpdatedFile(
+		remoteVersion: components["schemas"]["DocumentVersionWithoutContent"]
+	): Promise<void> {
+		await this.syncQueue.add(async () =>
+			this.internalSyncRemotelyUpdatedFile(remoteVersion)
+		);
+	}
+
+	public async scheduleSyncForOfflineChanges(): Promise<void> {
+		if (this.isRunningOfflineSync) {
+			Logger.getInstance().warn(
+				"Uploading local changes is already in progress, skipping"
+			);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!this.database.getSettings().isSyncEnabled) {
+			Logger.getInstance().debug(
+				`Syncing is disabled, not uploading local changes`
+			);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		this.isRunningOfflineSync = true;
+
+		try {
+			const allLocalFiles = await this.operations.listAllFiles();
+			const locallyDeletedFiles = [
+				...this.database.getDocuments().entries(),
+			].filter(([path, _]) => !allLocalFiles.includes(path));
+
+			await Promise.all(
+				allLocalFiles.map(async (relativePath) =>
+					this.syncQueue.add(async () => {
+						const metadata =
+							this.database.getDocument(relativePath);
+
+						// If there's no metadata, it must be a new file
+						if (!metadata) {
+							// Perhaps the file has been moved. Let's check by looking at the deleted files
+							const originalFile =
+								await this.findMatchingFileBasedOnHash(
+									relativePath,
+									locallyDeletedFiles
+								);
+							if (originalFile !== undefined) {
+								// `originalFile` hasn't been deleted but it got moved instead
+								locallyDeletedFiles.remove(originalFile);
+
+								Logger.getInstance().debug(
+									`Document ${relativePath} was not found under its current path in the database but was found under a different path ${originalFile[0]}, scheduling sync to move it`
+								);
+								return this.internalSyncLocallyUpdatedFile({
+									oldPath: originalFile[0],
+									relativePath: relativePath,
+									updateTime:
+										await this.operations.getModificationTime(
+											relativePath
+										),
+								});
+							}
+
+							Logger.getInstance().debug(
+								`Document ${relativePath} not found in database, scheduling sync to create it`
+							);
+							return this.internalSyncLocallyCreatedFile(
+								relativePath,
+								await this.operations.getModificationTime(
+									relativePath
+								)
+							);
+						}
+
+						const content = await this.operations.read(
+							relativePath
+						);
+						if (metadata.hash !== hash(content)) {
+							Logger.getInstance().debug(
+								`Document ${relativePath} has been updated locally, scheduling sync to update it`
+							);
+							return this.internalSyncLocallyUpdatedFile({
+								relativePath: relativePath,
+								updateTime:
+									await this.operations.getModificationTime(
+										relativePath
+									),
+							});
+						}
+
+						this.history.addHistoryEntry({
+							status: SyncStatus.NO_OP,
+							source: SyncSource.PUSH,
+							relativePath,
+							message:
+								"Document hasn't been updated locally, no need to sync",
+						});
+						return Promise.resolve();
+					})
+				)
+			);
+
+			await Promise.all(
+				locallyDeletedFiles.map(async ([relativePath, _]) => {
+					Logger.getInstance().debug(
+						`Document ${relativePath} has been deleted locally, scheduling sync to delete it`
+					);
+
+					return this.internalSyncLocallyDeletedFile(relativePath);
+				})
+			);
+
+			Logger.getInstance().info(
+				`All local changes have been applied remotely`
+			);
+		} catch (e) {
+			Logger.getInstance().error(
+				`Not all local changes have been applied remotely: ${e}`
+			);
+		} finally {
+			this.isRunningOfflineSync = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public async reset(): Promise<void> {
+		this.syncQueue.clear();
+		await this.syncQueue.onEmpty();
+		await this.database.resetSyncState();
+		this.history.reset();
+		this.remainingOperationsListeners.forEach((listener) => {
+			listener(0);
+		});
+	}
+
+	private async internalSyncLocallyCreatedFile(
+		relativePath: RelativePath,
+		updateTime: Date
+	): Promise<void> {
+		await this.executeWhileHoldingFileLock(
+			relativePath,
+			SyncType.CREATE,
+			SyncSource.PUSH,
+			async () => {
 				const contentBytes = await this.operations.read(relativePath);
 				const contentHash = hash(contentBytes);
 
@@ -138,19 +277,11 @@ export class Syncer {
 				});
 
 				await this.tryIncrementVaultUpdateId(response.vaultUpdateId);
-			} catch (e) {
-				this.history.addHistoryEntry({
-					status: SyncStatus.ERROR,
-					relativePath,
-					message: `Failed to reconcile locally created file: ${e}`,
-					type: SyncType.CREATE,
-				});
-				throw e;
 			}
-		}, relativePath);
+		);
 	}
 
-	public async syncLocallyUpdatedFile({
+	private async internalSyncLocallyUpdatedFile({
 		oldPath,
 		relativePath,
 		updateTime,
@@ -159,8 +290,11 @@ export class Syncer {
 		relativePath: RelativePath;
 		updateTime: Date;
 	}): Promise<void> {
-		await this.safelySync(async () => {
-			try {
+		await this.executeWhileHoldingFileLock(
+			relativePath,
+			SyncType.UPDATE,
+			SyncSource.PUSH,
+			async () => {
 				const metadata = this.database.getDocument(
 					oldPath ?? relativePath
 				);
@@ -262,23 +396,18 @@ export class Syncer {
 				});
 
 				await this.tryIncrementVaultUpdateId(response.vaultUpdateId);
-			} catch (e) {
-				this.history.addHistoryEntry({
-					status: SyncStatus.ERROR,
-					relativePath,
-					message: `Failed to reconcile locally updated file: ${e}`,
-					type: SyncType.UPDATE,
-				});
-				throw e;
 			}
-		}, relativePath);
+		);
 	}
 
-	public async syncLocallyDeletedFile(
+	private async internalSyncLocallyDeletedFile(
 		relativePath: RelativePath
 	): Promise<void> {
-		await this.safelySync(async () => {
-			try {
+		await this.executeWhileHoldingFileLock(
+			relativePath,
+			SyncType.DELETE,
+			SyncSource.PUSH,
+			async () => {
 				const metadata = this.database.getDocument(relativePath);
 				if (!metadata) {
 					this.history.addHistoryEntry({
@@ -305,138 +434,18 @@ export class Syncer {
 				});
 
 				await this.database.removeDocument(relativePath);
-			} catch (e) {
-				this.history.addHistoryEntry({
-					status: SyncStatus.ERROR,
-					relativePath,
-					message: `Failed to remotely delete locally deleted file: ${e}`,
-					type: SyncType.DELETE,
-				});
-				throw e;
 			}
-		}, relativePath);
+		);
 	}
 
-	public async scheduleSyncForOfflineChanges(): Promise<void> {
-		if (this.isRunningOfflineSync) {
-			Logger.getInstance().warn(
-				"Uploading local changes is already in progress, skipping"
-			);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		if (!this.database.getSettings().isSyncEnabled) {
-			Logger.getInstance().debug(
-				`Syncing is disabled, not uploading local changes`
-			);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		this.isRunningOfflineSync = true;
-
-		try {
-			const allLocalFiles = await this.operations.listAllFiles();
-			const locallyDeletedFiles = [
-				...this.database.getDocuments().entries(),
-			].filter(([path, _]) => !allLocalFiles.includes(path));
-
-			await Promise.all(
-				allLocalFiles.map(async (relativePath) =>
-					this.offlineSyncQueue.add(async () => {
-						const metadata =
-							this.database.getDocument(relativePath);
-
-						// If there's no metadata, it must be a new file
-						if (!metadata) {
-							// Perhaps the file has been moved. Let's check by looking at the deleted files
-							const originalFile =
-								await this.findMatchingFileBasedOnHash(
-									relativePath,
-									locallyDeletedFiles
-								);
-							if (originalFile !== undefined) {
-								// `originalFile` hasn't been deleted but it got moved instead
-								locallyDeletedFiles.remove(originalFile);
-
-								Logger.getInstance().debug(
-									`Document ${relativePath} was not found under its current path in the database but was found under a different path ${originalFile[0]}, scheduling sync to move it`
-								);
-								return this.syncLocallyUpdatedFile({
-									oldPath: originalFile[0],
-									relativePath: relativePath,
-									updateTime:
-										await this.operations.getModificationTime(
-											relativePath
-										),
-								});
-							}
-
-							Logger.getInstance().debug(
-								`Document ${relativePath} not found in database, scheduling sync to create it`
-							);
-							return this.syncLocallyCreatedFile(
-								relativePath,
-								await this.operations.getModificationTime(
-									relativePath
-								)
-							);
-						}
-
-						const content = await this.operations.read(
-							relativePath
-						);
-						if (metadata.hash !== hash(content)) {
-							Logger.getInstance().debug(
-								`Document ${relativePath} has been updated locally, scheduling sync to update it`
-							);
-							return this.syncLocallyUpdatedFile({
-								relativePath: relativePath,
-								updateTime:
-									await this.operations.getModificationTime(
-										relativePath
-									),
-							});
-						}
-
-						this.history.addHistoryEntry({
-							status: SyncStatus.NO_OP,
-							source: SyncSource.PUSH,
-							relativePath,
-							message:
-								"Document hasn't been updated locally, no need to sync",
-						});
-						return Promise.resolve();
-					})
-				)
-			);
-
-			await Promise.all(
-				locallyDeletedFiles.map(async ([relativePath, _]) => {
-					Logger.getInstance().debug(
-						`Document ${relativePath} has been deleted locally, scheduling sync to delete it`
-					);
-
-					return this.syncLocallyDeletedFile(relativePath);
-				})
-			);
-
-			Logger.getInstance().info(
-				`All local changes have been applied remotely`
-			);
-		} catch (e) {
-			Logger.getInstance().error(
-				`Not all local changes have been applied remotely: ${e}`
-			);
-		} finally {
-			this.isRunningOfflineSync = false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	public async syncRemotelyUpdatedFile(
+	private async internalSyncRemotelyUpdatedFile(
 		remoteVersion: components["schemas"]["DocumentVersionWithoutContent"]
 	): Promise<void> {
-		await this.safelySync(async () => {
-			try {
+		await this.executeWhileHoldingFileLock(
+			remoteVersion.relativePath,
+			SyncType.UPDATE,
+			SyncSource.PULL,
+			async () => {
 				const currentVersion = this.database.getDocumentByDocumentId(
 					remoteVersion.documentId
 				);
@@ -559,31 +568,15 @@ export class Syncer {
 						unlockDocument(relativePath);
 					}
 				}
-			} catch (e) {
-				this.history.addHistoryEntry({
-					status: SyncStatus.ERROR,
-					source: SyncSource.PULL,
-					relativePath: remoteVersion.relativePath,
-					message: `Failed to reconcile remotely updated file: ${e}`,
-				});
-				throw e;
 			}
-		}, remoteVersion.relativePath);
+		);
 	}
 
-	public async reset(): Promise<void> {
-		this.fileSyncQueue.clear();
-		await this.fileSyncQueue.onEmpty();
-		await this.database.resetSyncState();
-		this.history.reset();
-		this.remainingOperationsListeners.forEach((listener) => {
-			listener(0);
-		});
-	}
-
-	private async safelySync(
-		fn: () => Promise<void>,
-		relativePath: RelativePath
+	private async executeWhileHoldingFileLock(
+		relativePath: RelativePath,
+		syncType: SyncType,
+		syncSource: SyncSource,
+		fn: () => Promise<void>
 	): Promise<void> {
 		if (!this.database.getSettings().isSyncEnabled) {
 			Logger.getInstance().info(
@@ -595,7 +588,16 @@ export class Syncer {
 
 		await waitForDocumentLock(relativePath);
 		try {
-			await this.fileSyncQueue.add(fn);
+			await fn();
+		} catch (e) {
+			this.history.addHistoryEntry({
+				status: SyncStatus.ERROR,
+				relativePath,
+				message: `Failed to ${syncSource.toLocaleLowerCase()} file ${e} when trying to ${syncType.toLocaleLowerCase()} it`,
+				type: syncType,
+				source: syncSource,
+			});
+			throw e;
 		} finally {
 			unlockDocument(relativePath);
 		}