diff --git a/fplus-lib/src/core/allocator/mod.rs b/fplus-lib/src/core/allocator/mod.rs
index 48571b35..27ce2be1 100644
--- a/fplus-lib/src/core/allocator/mod.rs
+++ b/fplus-lib/src/core/allocator/mod.rs
@@ -473,7 +473,12 @@ pub async fn force_update_allocators(
 
         let gh = GithubWrapper::new(allocator.owner, allocator.repo, allocator.installation_id);
 
-        for file in files.iter() {
+        let ignored_files = gh.filplus_ignored_files(branch).await?;
+        log::debug!("List of ignored files: {ignored_files:?}");
+
+        let files = files.iter().filter(|f| !ignored_files.contains(f));
+
+        for file in files {
             match gh
                 .get_files_from_public_repo(
                     &allocator_template_owner,
diff --git a/fplus-lib/src/external_services/github.rs b/fplus-lib/src/external_services/github.rs
index 756c0473..bc2d7273 100644
--- a/fplus-lib/src/external_services/github.rs
+++ b/fplus-lib/src/external_services/github.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ use octocrab::models::{IssueState, Label};
 use octocrab::params::{pulls::State as PullState, State};
 use octocrab::service::middleware::base_uri::BaseUriLayer;
 use octocrab::service::middleware::extra_headers::ExtraHeadersLayer;
-use octocrab::{AuthState, Error as OctocrabError, Octocrab, OctocrabBuilder, Page};
+use octocrab::{AuthState, Error as OctocrabError, GitHubError, Octocrab, OctocrabBuilder, Page};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::config::get_env_var_or_default;
 use crate::core::application::file::AppState;
+use crate::error::LDNError;
 
 const GITHUB_API_URL: &str = "https://api.github.com";
 
@@ -779,4 +780,32 @@ impl GithubWrapper {
 
         Ok(contents_items)
     }
+
+    pub async fn filplus_ignored_files(&self, branch: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, LDNError> {
+        self.get_file(".filplusignore", branch)
+            .await
+            .or_else(|e| match e {
+                octocrab::Error::GitHub {
+                    source: GitHubError { message, .. },
+                    ..
+                } if message == "Not Found" => Ok(ContentItems { items: vec![] }),
+                _ => Err(e),
+            })
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                LDNError::Load(format!(
+                    "Failed to load .filplusignore file from repository {}/{}: {}",
+                    self.owner, self.repo, e
+                ))
+            })?
+            .take_items()
+            .pop()
+            .map_or(Ok(vec![]), |c| {
+                Ok(c.decoded_content()
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                    .split(&['\n', '\r'])
+                    .map(|v| v.trim().to_string())
+                    .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
+                    .collect())
+            })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/fplus-lib/src/helpers.rs b/fplus-lib/src/helpers.rs
index 4d856c0d..3641d124 100644
--- a/fplus-lib/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/fplus-lib/src/helpers.rs
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ pub fn compare_allowance_and_allocation(
 
 pub fn process_amount(mut amount: String) -> String {
     // Trim 'S' or 's' from the end of the string
-    amount = amount
-        .trim_end_matches(|c: char| c == 'S' || c == 's')
-        .to_string();
+    amount = amount.trim_end_matches(['s', 'S']).to_string();
 
     // Replace 'b' with 'B'
     amount.replace('b', "B")