diff --git a/sdk/pyproject.toml b/sdk/pyproject.toml
index cec2bdeb2..2c906cce0 100644
--- a/sdk/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sdk/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "beta9"
-version = "0.1.141"
+version = "0.1.142"
 description = ""
 authors = ["beam.cloud <support@beam.cloud>"]
 packages = [
diff --git a/sdk/src/beta9/sync.py b/sdk/src/beta9/sync.py
index 4c2f8a843..fa7c2840b 100644
--- a/sdk/src/beta9/sync.py
+++ b/sdk/src/beta9/sync.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 from .config import get_settings
 from .env import is_local
 
-_settings = get_settings()
 _sync_lock = threading.Lock()
 
 # Global workspace object id to signal to any other threads that the workspace has already been synced
@@ -44,9 +43,15 @@ def get_workspace_object_id() -> str:
 
 
 CHUNK_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 * 4
-IGNORE_FILE_NAME = f".{_settings.name}ignore".lower()
-IGNORE_FILE_CONTENTS = f"""# Generated by {_settings.name} SDK
-.{_settings.name.lower()}ignore
+
+
+def ignore_file_name() -> str:
+    return f".{get_settings().name}ignore".lower()
+
+
+def ignore_file_contents() -> str:
+    return f"""# Generated by {get_settings().name} SDK
+.{get_settings().name.lower()}ignore
 pyproject.toml
 .git
 .idea
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     @property
     def ignore_file_path(self) -> Path:
-        return self.root_dir / IGNORE_FILE_NAME
+        return self.root_dir / ignore_file_name()
 
     def _init_ignore_file(self) -> None:
         if not is_local():
@@ -102,15 +107,15 @@ def _init_ignore_file(self) -> None:
         if self.ignore_file_path.exists():
             return
 
-        terminal.detail(f"Writing {IGNORE_FILE_NAME} file")
+        terminal.detail(f"Writing {ignore_file_name()} file")
         with self.ignore_file_path.open(mode="w") as f:
-            f.writelines(IGNORE_FILE_CONTENTS)
+            f.writelines(ignore_file_contents())
 
     def _read_ignore_file(self) -> list:
         if not is_local():
             return []
 
-        terminal.detail(f"Reading {IGNORE_FILE_NAME} file")
+        terminal.detail(f"Reading {ignore_file_name()} file")
 
         patterns = []