diff --git a/src/auto_commit_service/config.py b/src/auto_commit_service/config.py
index 131adbb..39db434 100644
--- a/src/auto_commit_service/config.py
+++ b/src/auto_commit_service/config.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class AutoCommitSettings(BaseServiceSettings):  # type: ignore[misc]
     recursive_depth: int | None = Field(default=6, description="Max depth for discovery")
     cache_update_minutes: int = Field(default=60, description="Minutes between cache refreshes")
     exclude_patterns: list[str] = Field(
-        default=["node_modules", "pyvenv", ".venv", "venv", "dist", "build", "__pycache__"],
+        default=["node_modules", "pyvenv", ".venv", "venv", "dist", "build", "__pycache__", "project-buildspace"],
         description="Patterns to exclude from discovery",
     )