diff --git a/apps/web/app/components/workspace/file-manager-tree.tsx b/apps/web/app/components/workspace/file-manager-tree.tsx
index a01694d0dc5..b5b68385d63 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/components/workspace/file-manager-tree.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/components/workspace/file-manager-tree.tsx
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const ALWAYS_SYSTEM_PATTERNS = [
 const ROOT_ONLY_SYSTEM_PATTERNS = [
   /^workspace\.duckdb/,
   /^workspace_context\.yaml$/,
+  /^IDENTITY\.md$/,
 ];
 
 function isSystemFile(path: string): boolean {