diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e7ab936..15d5e75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ packages=["ragdaemon"]
 
 [project]
 name = "ragdaemon"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.7.4"
 description = "Generate and render a call graph for a Python project."
 readme = "README.md"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/ragdaemon/__init__.py b/ragdaemon/__init__.py
index 4910b9e..ed9d4d8 100644
--- a/ragdaemon/__init__.py
+++ b/ragdaemon/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.3"
+__version__ = "0.7.4"
diff --git a/ragdaemon/annotators/hierarchy.py b/ragdaemon/annotators/hierarchy.py
index b32cb22..661953c 100644
--- a/ragdaemon/annotators/hierarchy.py
+++ b/ragdaemon/annotators/hierarchy.py
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@ async def annotate(
         for dir in directories:
             dir_str = dir.as_posix()
             dir_path = dir if dir != Path("ROOT") else Path(".")
-            document = get_document(dir_str, cwd, type="directory")
+            document = get_document(
+                dir_str, cwd, type="directory", ignore_patterns=self.ignore_patterns
+            )
             checksum = hash_str(
                 "".join(
-                    checksums[dir_path / subpath]
+                    checksums.get(dir_path / subpath, "")
                     for subpath in document.split("\n")[1:]
                 )
             )
diff --git a/ragdaemon/utils.py b/ragdaemon/utils.py
index 7fda850..25960fc 100644
--- a/ragdaemon/utils.py
+++ b/ragdaemon/utils.py
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ def parse_diff_id(id: str) -> tuple[str, Path | None, set[int] | None]:
     return diff_ref, path, lines
 
 
-def get_document(ref: str, cwd: Path, type: str = "file") -> str:
+def get_document(
+    ref: str, cwd: Path, type: str = "file", ignore_patterns: set[Path] = set()
+) -> str:
     if type == "diff":
         if ":" in ref:
             diff_ref, lines_ref = ref.split(":", 1)
@@ -113,7 +115,12 @@ def get_document(ref: str, cwd: Path, type: str = "file") -> str:
 
     elif type == "directory":
         path = cwd if ref == "ROOT" else cwd / ref
-        paths = sorted([p.as_posix() for p in get_paths_for_directory(path)])
+        paths = sorted(
+            [
+                p.as_posix()
+                for p in get_paths_for_directory(path, exclude_patterns=ignore_patterns)
+            ]
+        )
         text = "\n".join(paths)
 
     elif type in {"file", "chunk"}: