diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 73f3f1148..db2e37391 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         "mdast-util-to-hast": "^13.2.0",
         "mdast-util-to-string": "^4.0.0",
         "micromorph": "^0.4.5",
+        "minimatch": "^10.0.1",
         "pixi.js": "^8.8.1",
         "preact": "^10.26.4",
         "preact-render-to-string": "^6.5.13",
@@ -5254,6 +5255,7 @@
       "version": "10.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-10.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-ethXTt3SGGR+95gudmqJ1eNhRO7eGEGIgYA9vnPatK4/etz2MEVDno5GMCibdMTuBMyElzIlgxMna3K94XDIDQ==",
+      "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "brace-expansion": "^2.0.1"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f7857b9a0..0b0b9d9cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "mdast-util-to-hast": "^13.2.0",
     "mdast-util-to-string": "^4.0.0",
     "micromorph": "^0.4.5",
+    "minimatch": "^10.0.1",
     "pixi.js": "^8.8.1",
     "preact": "^10.26.4",
     "preact-render-to-string": "^6.5.13",
diff --git a/quartz/build.ts b/quartz/build.ts
index 0ed6602b3..7cf440569 100644
--- a/quartz/build.ts
+++ b/quartz/build.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { Mutex } from "async-mutex"
 import { getStaticResourcesFromPlugins } from "./plugins"
 import { randomIdNonSecure } from "./util/random"
 import { ChangeEvent } from "./plugins/types"
+import { minimatch } from "minimatch"
 
 type ContentMap = Map<
   FilePath,
@@ -117,11 +118,23 @@ async function startWatching(
     })
   }
 
+  const gitIgnoredMatcher = await isGitIgnored()
   const buildData: BuildData = {
     ctx,
     mut,
     contentMap,
-    ignored: await isGitIgnored(),
+    ignored: (path) => {
+      if (gitIgnoredMatcher(path)) return true
+      const pathStr = path.toString()
+      for (const pattern of cfg.configuration.ignorePatterns) {
+        if (minimatch(pathStr, pattern)) {
+          return true
+        }
+      }
+
+      return false
+    },
+
     changesSinceLastBuild: {},
     lastBuildMs: 0,
   }
diff --git a/quartz/util/log.ts b/quartz/util/log.ts
index 7584b83ef..2d53dd356 100644
--- a/quartz/util/log.ts
+++ b/quartz/util/log.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ export class QuartzLogger {
   private readonly spinnerChars = ["⠋", "⠙", "⠹", "⠸", "⠼", "⠴", "⠦", "⠧", "⠇", "⠏"]
 
   constructor(verbose: boolean) {
-    this.verbose = verbose
+    const isInteractiveTerminal =
+      process.stdout.isTTY && process.env.TERM !== "dumb" && !process.env.CI
+    this.verbose = verbose || !isInteractiveTerminal
   }
 
   start(text: string) {