diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a535ce..d0962fa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
-	github.com/muesli/gitcha v0.2.0
+	github.com/muesli/gitcha v0.3.0
 	github.com/muesli/go-app-paths v0.2.2
 	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0
 	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.15.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 95f233d..37fc917 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 h1:3I4Kt4BQjOR54NavqnDogx/MIoWBFa0StPA8ELU
 github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2/go.mod h1:3XuTXfFS2VjM+HTLZY9Ak0l6eUKfijIfMUZ4EgX0QYo=
 github.com/muesli/gitcha v0.2.0 h1:+wOgT2dI9s2Tznj1t1rb/qkK5e0cb6qD8c4IX2TR/YY=
 github.com/muesli/gitcha v0.2.0/go.mod h1:Ri8m9TZS4+ORG4JVmVKUQcWZuxDvUW3UKxMdQfzG2zI=
+github.com/muesli/gitcha v0.3.0 h1:+PJkVKrDXVB0VgRn/yVx2CqSVSDGMSepzvohsCrPYtQ=
+github.com/muesli/gitcha v0.3.0/go.mod h1:vX3jFL+XcEUq1uY74RCjLSZfAV+ZuvLg70/NGPdXn84=
+github.com/muesli/go-app-paths v0.2.1/go.mod h1:SxS3Umca63pcFcLtbjVb+J0oD7cl4ixQWoBKhGEtEho=
 github.com/muesli/go-app-paths v0.2.2 h1:NqG4EEZwNIhBq/pREgfBmgDmt3h1Smr1MjZiXbpZUnI=
 github.com/muesli/go-app-paths v0.2.2/go.mod h1:SxS3Umca63pcFcLtbjVb+J0oD7cl4ixQWoBKhGEtEho=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0 h1:IFsN6K9NfGtjeggFP+68I4chLZV2yIKsXJFNZ+eWh6s=
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index ac2bd95..bb7703d 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -331,12 +331,15 @@ func findLocalFiles(m commonModel) tea.Cmd {
 		}
 
 		log.Debug("local directory is", "cwd", cwd)
-		var ignore []string
-		if !m.cfg.ShowAllFiles {
-			ignore = ignorePatterns(m)
+
+		// Switch between FindFiles and FindAllFiles to bypass .gitignore rules
+		var ch chan gitcha.SearchResult
+		if m.cfg.ShowAllFiles {
+			ch, err = gitcha.FindAllFilesExcept(cwd, markdownExtensions, nil)
+		} else {
+			ch, err = gitcha.FindFilesExcept(cwd, markdownExtensions, ignorePatterns(m))
 		}
 
-		ch, err := gitcha.FindFilesExcept(cwd, markdownExtensions, ignore)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("error finding local files", "error", err)
 			return errMsg{err}