diff --git a/src/actions/components.js b/src/actions/components.js
index 01e41bb..25cae0f 100644
--- a/src/actions/components.js
+++ b/src/actions/components.js
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export async function compileComponents() {
 	const componentsDir = path.join(process.cwd(), 'components');
 	const components = [];
 	for (const file of fs.readdirSync(componentsDir)) {
+		if (!fs.statSync(path.join(componentsDir, file)).isDirectory()) continue;
 		const component = {
 			name: file,
 			latestHtml: fs.readFileSync(
diff --git a/src/deploy.js b/src/deploy.js
index bd5fedb..893e80e 100644
--- a/src/deploy.js
+++ b/src/deploy.js
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ export default async function deploy(options = {}) {
 	const componentsDir = path.join(cwd, 'components');
 	if (fs.existsSync(componentsDir)) {
 		for (const file of fs.readdirSync(componentsDir)) {
+			if (!fs.statSync(path.join(componentsDir, file)).isDirectory()) continue;
 			const data = {
 				file: fs.readFileSync(path.join(componentsDir, file, `${file}.js`), 'utf8'),
 				config: JSON.parse(
diff --git a/tests/deploy.test.js b/tests/deploy.test.js
index 501b0dc..0a216d7 100644
--- a/tests/deploy.test.js
+++ b/tests/deploy.test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
 		existsSync: vi.fn(),
 		readdirSync: vi.fn(),
 		readFileSync: vi.fn(),
+		statSync: vi.fn(),
 	};
 
 	const ora = vi.fn((label) => {
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ function setDefaultMocks() {
 		if (target === '/repo/components') return [];
 		return [];
 	});
+	mocks.fs.statSync.mockReturnValue({ isDirectory: () => true });
 }
 
 describe('deploy command', () => {
@@ -268,6 +270,31 @@ describe('deploy command', () => {
 		expect(process.exitCode).toBeUndefined();
 	});
 
+	test('skips non-directory entries (e.g. .DS_Store) in the components directory', async () => {
+		mocks.fs.readdirSync.mockImplementation((target, options) => {
+			if (options && options.withFileTypes) return [];
+			if (target === '/repo/components') return ['.DS_Store', 'hero'];
+			return [];
+		});
+		mocks.fs.statSync.mockImplementation((target) => ({
+			isDirectory: () => !String(target).endsWith('.DS_Store'),
+		}));
+		mocks.fs.readFileSync.mockImplementation((target) => {
+			if (String(target).endsWith('hero.json')) return '{}';
+			return '';
+		});
+
+		await deploy({});
+
+		expect(mocks.fs.readFileSync).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.stringContaining('.DS_Store'),
+			expect.anything()
+		);
+		expect(mocks.updateComponentConfig).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		expect(mocks.updateComponentFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		expect(process.exitCode).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
 	test('skips pages without campaignUuid', async () => {
 		mocks.fs.existsSync.mockImplementation(
 			(target) => target !== '/repo/components'