diff --git a/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts b/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts
index 1a4d7099..9905b036 100644
--- a/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts
+++ b/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export class ObsidianFileSystemOperations implements FileSystemOperations {
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if (folder.includes(".obsidian")) {
+			// This would be a very bad idea to sync as it would mess with
+			// the integrity of the sync database.
+			if (folder.endsWith(".obsidian/plugins/vault-link/data.json")) {
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts b/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts
index 68be059f..1e4fafb7 100644
--- a/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts
+++ b/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/vault-link-plugin.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default class VaultLinkPlugin extends Plugin {
 	>();
 
 	public async onload(): Promise<void> {
-		DEFAULT_SETTINGS.ignorePatterns.push(".obsidian", ".git");
+		DEFAULT_SETTINGS.ignorePatterns.push(".obsidian/**", ".git/**");
 
 		this.client = await SyncClient.create({
 			fs: new ObsidianFileSystemOperations(
diff --git a/frontend/sync-client/src/utils/globs-to-regexes.test.ts b/frontend/sync-client/src/utils/globs-to-regexes.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae1643e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/sync-client/src/utils/globs-to-regexes.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Logger } from "../tracing/logger";
+import { globsToRegex } from "./globs-to-regexes";
+
+describe("globsToRegexes", () => {
+	it("basicExample", async () => {
+		const regex = globsToRegex([".git/**"], new Logger())[0];
+
+		expect(regex.test(".git/objects/object")).toBeTruthy();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/frontend/sync-client/src/utils/globs-to-regexes.ts b/frontend/sync-client/src/utils/globs-to-regexes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3839fb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/sync-client/src/utils/globs-to-regexes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { makeRe } from "minimatch";
+import { Logger } from "../tracing/logger";
+
+export function globsToRegex(globs: string[], logger: Logger): RegExp[] {
+	return globs
+		.map((pattern) => {
+			const result = makeRe(pattern);
+			if (result === false) {
+				logger.warn(
+					`Failed to parse ${pattern}' as a glob pattern, skipping it`
+				);
+			}
+			return result;
+		})
+		.filter((pattern) => pattern !== false);
+}