diff --git a/gnommo/transfer.py b/gnommo/transfer.py
index baef40c..0e9a79f 100644
--- a/gnommo/transfer.py
+++ b/gnommo/transfer.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ _DOWN_EXCLUDES = [
     "media/videos/narration_combined.mov",
     "**/chunks/",
     "*.tmp",
-    ".DS_Store",
+    ".*",       # rsync in-progress temp files (.filename.XXXXXX) and .DS_Store
 ]
 
 
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ def cmd_down(project_path: Path, verbose: bool, dry_run: bool) -> int:
     rsync_shared_cmd = [
         "rsync", "-av", "--progress",
         "-e", f"ssh -p {server['port']}",
+        *[f"--exclude={p}" for p in _DOWN_EXCLUDES],
         f"{server['user']}@{server['host']}:{remote_shared}/",
         f"{local_shared}/",
     ]