diff --git a/src/Quest.cc b/src/Quest.cc
index 06ee575c..53d2bc77 100644
--- a/src/Quest.cc
+++ b/src/Quest.cc
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ QuestIndex::QuestIndex(
       continue;
     }
     for (string filename : list_directory_sorted(cat_path)) {
+      if (filename == ".DS_Store") {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       string file_path = cat_path + "/" + filename;
       try {
         string orig_filename = filename;