diff --git a/src/adapters/sqlite.rs b/src/adapters/sqlite.rs
index dba24a4..0e8c1b9 100644
--- a/src/adapters/sqlite.rs
+++ b/src/adapters/sqlite.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ impl WritingFileAdapter for SqliteAdapter {
         _detection_reason: &FileMatcher,
         oup: Pin<Box<dyn AsyncWrite + Send>>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
+        if ai.filepath_hint.file_name().and_then(|e| e.to_str()) == Some("Thumbs.db") {
+            // skip windows thumbnail cache
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         let oup_sync = SyncIoBridge::new(oup);
         tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| synchronous_dump_sqlite(ai, oup_sync))
             .await?
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index da173fe..a998da6 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl ToString for MaxArchiveRecursion {
 }
 impl Default for MaxArchiveRecursion {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        MaxArchiveRecursion(4)
+        MaxArchiveRecursion(5)
     }
 }