diff --git a/src/events-listener.ts b/src/events-listener.ts
index de305be..15093c4 100644
--- a/src/events-listener.ts
+++ b/src/events-listener.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Vault, TAbstractFile, TFolder } from "obsidian";
 import MetadataStore, { MANIFEST_FILE_NAME } from "./metadata-store";
 import { GitHubSyncSettings } from "./settings/settings";
-import Logger from "./logger";
+import Logger, { LOG_FILE_NAME } from "./logger";
 import GitHubSyncPlugin from "./main";
 
 /**
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ export default class EventsListener {
     ) {
       // Obsidian recommends not syncing the workspace files
       return false;
+    } else if (filePath === `${this.vault.configDir}/${LOG_FILE_NAME}`) {
+      // Don't sync the log file, doesn't make sense
+      return false;
     } else if (
       this.settings.syncConfigDir &&
       filePath.startsWith(this.vault.configDir)
diff --git a/src/logger.ts b/src/logger.ts
index 36077e1..4273fef 100644
--- a/src/logger.ts
+++ b/src/logger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Vault, normalizePath } from "obsidian";
 
-const LOG_FILE_NAME = "github-sync.log" as const;
+export const LOG_FILE_NAME = "github-sync.log" as const;
 
 export default class Logger {
   private logFile: string;
diff --git a/src/sync-manager.ts b/src/sync-manager.ts
index d0f6f92..9296dca 100644
--- a/src/sync-manager.ts
+++ b/src/sync-manager.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import MetadataStore, {
 } from "./metadata-store";
 import EventsListener from "./events-listener";
 import { GitHubSyncSettings } from "./settings/settings";
-import Logger from "./logger";
+import Logger, { LOG_FILE_NAME } from "./logger";
 import { decodeBase64String, hasTextExtension } from "./utils";
 import GitHubSyncPlugin from "./main";
 import { BlobReader, Entry, Uint8ArrayWriter, ZipReader } from "@zip.js/zip.js";
@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ export default class SyncManager {
           return;
         }
 
+        if (targetPath === `${this.vault.configDir}/${LOG_FILE_NAME}`) {
+          // We don't want to download the log file if the user synced it in the past.
+          // This is necessary because in the past we forgot to ignore the log file
+          // from syncing if the user enabled configs sync.
+          // To avoid downloading it we ignore it if still present in the remote repo.
+          return;
+        }
+
         if (targetPath.split("/").last()?.startsWith(".")) {
           // We must skip hidden files as that creates issues with syncing.
           // This is fine as users can't edit hidden files in Obsidian anyway.
@@ -417,6 +425,16 @@ export default class SyncManager {
       throw new Error("Remote manifest is missing");
     }
 
+    if (
+      Object.keys(files).contains(`${this.vault.configDir}/${LOG_FILE_NAME}`)
+    ) {
+      // We don't want to download the log file if the user synced it in the past.
+      // This is necessary because in the past we forgot to ignore the log file
+      // from syncing if the user enabled configs sync.
+      // To avoid downloading it we delete it if still around.
+      delete files[`${this.vault.configDir}/${LOG_FILE_NAME}`];
+    }
+
     const blob = await this.client.getBlob({ sha: manifest.sha });
     const remoteMetadata: Metadata = JSON.parse(
       decodeBase64String(blob.content),