diff --git a/src/qmd.ts b/src/qmd.ts
index 090b5c1..eb0489e 100755
--- a/src/qmd.ts
+++ b/src/qmd.ts
@@ -1455,7 +1455,15 @@ async function indexFiles(pwd?: string, globPattern: string = DEFAULT_GLOB, coll
     const path = handelize(relativeFile); // Normalize path for token-friendliness
     seenPaths.add(path);
 
-    const content = readFileSync(filepath, "utf-8");
+    let content: string;
+    try {
+      content = readFileSync(filepath, "utf-8");
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      // Skip files that can't be read (e.g. iCloud evicted files returning EAGAIN)
+      processed++;
+      progress.set((processed / total) * 100);
+      continue;
+    }
 
     // Skip empty files - nothing useful to index
     if (!content.trim()) {