diff --git a/packages/app/vite-fs.ts b/packages/app/vite-fs.ts
index 787bd1b3..96ffe607 100644
--- a/packages/app/vite-fs.ts
+++ b/packages/app/vite-fs.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Plugin } from 'vite'
 import type { Connect } from 'vite'
 import { readdirSync, statSync, readFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs'
-import { join, resolve, relative } from 'path'
+import { join, resolve, relative, basename } from 'path'
 import { validateDevAuth } from './server/dev-auth'
 
 const PROJECTS_ROOT = '/Users/dorian/Projects'
@@ -123,6 +123,26 @@ function handleTree(req: Connect.IncomingMessage, res: any) {
   }
 }
 
+/** Patterns that indicate sensitive files — block reads */
+const SENSITIVE_PATTERNS = [
+  /^\.env/i,
+  /^\.git$/,
+  /^\.git\//,
+  /credentials/i,
+  /secret/i,
+  /\.pem$/i,
+  /\.key$/i,
+  /id_rsa/i,
+  /id_ed25519/i,
+]
+
+function isSensitivePath(filePath: string): boolean {
+  const resolved = resolve(filePath)
+  const relToRoot = relative(PROJECTS_ROOT, resolved)
+  const segments = relToRoot.split('/')
+  return segments.some(seg => SENSITIVE_PATTERNS.some(p => p.test(seg)))
+}
+
 /** GET /api/fs/read — read file content */
 function handleRead(req: Connect.IncomingMessage, res: any) {
   const url = parseUrl(req)
@@ -133,6 +153,12 @@ function handleRead(req: Connect.IncomingMessage, res: any) {
     return
   }
 
+  if (isSensitivePath(filePath)) {
+    res.writeHead(403, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' })
+    res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Access denied: sensitive file' }))
+    return
+  }
+
   try {
     const stat = statSync(filePath)
     if (stat.isDirectory()) {