diff --git a/launcher/FileIgnoreProxy.cpp b/launcher/FileIgnoreProxy.cpp
index a3b7d5054..1f6b664c2 100644
--- a/launcher/FileIgnoreProxy.cpp
+++ b/launcher/FileIgnoreProxy.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <QFileSystemModel>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 #include <QStack>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include "FileSystem.h"
 #include "SeparatorPrefixTree.h"
 #include "StringUtils.h"
@@ -254,3 +255,16 @@ bool FileIgnoreProxy::filterAcceptsColumn(int source_column, const QModelIndex&
 
     return true;
 }
+
+bool FileIgnoreProxy::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex& sourceParent) const
+{
+    QModelIndex index = sourceModel()->index(sourceRow, 0, sourceParent);
+    QFileSystemModel* fsm = qobject_cast<QFileSystemModel*>(sourceModel());
+
+    auto fileInfo = fsm->fileInfo(index);
+    auto fileName = fileInfo.fileName();
+    auto path = relPath(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath());
+    return !(path.startsWith("..") ||  // just in case ignore files outside the gameroot
+             std::any_of(m_ignoreFiles.cbegin(), m_ignoreFiles.cend(), [fileName](auto iFileName) { return fileName == iFileName; }) ||
+             std::any_of(m_ignoreFilePaths.cbegin(), m_ignoreFilePaths.cend(), [path](auto iPath) { return path == iPath; }));
+}
diff --git a/launcher/FileIgnoreProxy.h b/launcher/FileIgnoreProxy.h
index a5a1153d8..dbd353e0b 100644
--- a/launcher/FileIgnoreProxy.h
+++ b/launcher/FileIgnoreProxy.h
@@ -63,10 +63,18 @@ class FileIgnoreProxy : public QSortFilterProxyModel {
     inline const SeparatorPrefixTree<'/'>& blockedPaths() const { return blocked; }
     inline SeparatorPrefixTree<'/'>& blockedPaths() { return blocked; }
 
+    // list of file names that need to be removed completely from model
+    inline QStringList& ignoreFilesWithName() { return m_ignoreFiles; }
+    // list of relative paths that need to be removed completely from model
+    inline QStringList& ignoreFilesWithPath() { return m_ignoreFilePaths; }
+
    protected:
     bool filterAcceptsColumn(int source_column, const QModelIndex& source_parent) const;
+    bool filterAcceptsRow(int source_row, const QModelIndex& source_parent) const;
 
    private:
     const QString root;
     SeparatorPrefixTree<'/'> blocked;
+    QStringList m_ignoreFiles;
+    QStringList m_ignoreFilePaths;
 };
diff --git a/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportInstanceDialog.cpp b/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportInstanceDialog.cpp
index 8ecd91a90..8d0e05a20 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportInstanceDialog.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportInstanceDialog.cpp
@@ -35,24 +35,24 @@
  */
 
 #include "ExportInstanceDialog.h"
-#include "ui_ExportInstanceDialog.h"
 #include <BaseInstance.h>
 #include <MMCZip.h>
 #include <QFileDialog>
-#include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QFileSystemModel>
+#include <QMessageBox>
+#include "ui_ExportInstanceDialog.h"
 
-#include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
-#include <QDebug>
-#include <QSaveFile>
-#include <QStack>
-#include <QFileInfo>
-#include "SeparatorPrefixTree.h"
-#include "Application.h"
-#include <icons/IconList.h>
 #include <FileSystem.h>
+#include <icons/IconList.h>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QSaveFile>
+#include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
+#include <QStack>
+#include "Application.h"
+#include "SeparatorPrefixTree.h"
 
-ExportInstanceDialog::ExportInstanceDialog(InstancePtr instance, QWidget *parent)
+ExportInstanceDialog::ExportInstanceDialog(InstancePtr instance, QWidget* parent)
     : QDialog(parent), ui(new Ui::ExportInstanceDialog), m_instance(instance)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
@@ -60,8 +60,12 @@ ExportInstanceDialog::ExportInstanceDialog(InstancePtr instance, QWidget *parent
     model->setIconProvider(&icons);
     auto root = instance->instanceRoot();
     proxyModel = new FileIgnoreProxy(root, this);
-    loadPackIgnore();
     proxyModel->setSourceModel(model);
+    auto prefix = QDir(instance->instanceRoot()).relativeFilePath(instance->gameRoot());
+    proxyModel->ignoreFilesWithPath().append({ FS::PathCombine(prefix, "logs"), FS::PathCombine(prefix, "crash-reports") });
+    proxyModel->ignoreFilesWithName().append({ ".DS_Store", "thumbs.db", "Thumbs.db" });
+    loadPackIgnore();
+
     ui->treeView->setModel(proxyModel);
     ui->treeView->setRootIndex(proxyModel->mapFromSource(model->index(root)));
     ui->treeView->sortByColumn(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);
diff --git a/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportMrPackDialog.cpp b/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportMrPackDialog.cpp
index 60ecefd5c..f1d2610a6 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportMrPackDialog.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/dialogs/ExportMrPackDialog.cpp
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ ExportMrPackDialog::ExportMrPackDialog(InstancePtr instance, QWidget* parent)
     // use the game root - everything outside cannot be exported
     const QDir root(instance->gameRoot());
     proxy = new FileIgnoreProxy(instance->gameRoot(), this);
+    proxy->ignoreFilesWithPath().append({ "logs", "crash-reports" });
+    proxy->ignoreFilesWithName().append({ ".DS_Store", "thumbs.db", "Thumbs.db" });
     proxy->setSourceModel(model);
-    proxy->setFilterRegularExpression("^(?!(\\.DS_Store)|([tT]humbs\\.db)).+$");
 
     const QDir::Filters filter(QDir::AllEntries | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::AllDirs | QDir::Hidden);