diff --git a/src/app/locate-db.ts b/src/app/locate-db.ts
index 4ed40ca..bc91136 100644
--- a/src/app/locate-db.ts
+++ b/src/app/locate-db.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,24 @@ export async function buildLocateDb(
       prevBytes = bytes;
       onProgress?.('scanning', totalBytes, dir);
     }, signal);
+
+    // If this directory has a .config with a URL-scheme base_url it points to
+    // a remote source — skip indexing its contents entirely.
+    const configEntry = batch.find(e => e.type === 'file' && basename(e.path) === '.config');
+    if (configEntry) {
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch(getWebDAVBaseUrl() + configEntry.path, { signal });
+        if (res.ok) {
+          const text = await res.text();
+          const m = text.match(/^base_url\s*:\s*(.+)$/m);
+          if (m) {
+            const val = m[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '');
+            if (/^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:\/\//i.test(val)) continue;
+          }
+        }
+      } catch { /* non-fatal — proceed normally */ }
+    }
+
     for (const e of batch) {
       entries.push(e);
       if (e.type === 'folder') queue.push(e.path);