diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/misc/Service.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/misc/Service.java
index 0aeb99ed..5ddccbe5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/misc/Service.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/misc/Service.java
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ public enum Service {
             }
             if (files != null) {
                 for (File file : files) {
+                    if (file.getName().equals(".qortal")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if (file.isDirectory()) {
                         return ValidationResult.DIRECTORIES_NOT_ALLOWED;
                     }
@@ -105,6 +108,9 @@ public enum Service {
             }
             if (files != null) {
                 for (File file : files) {
+                    if (file.getName().equals(".qortal")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if (file.isDirectory()) {
                         return ValidationResult.DIRECTORIES_NOT_ALLOWED;
                     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/qortal/test/arbitrary/ArbitraryServiceTests.java b/src/test/java/org/qortal/test/arbitrary/ArbitraryServiceTests.java
index bbd17ab7..96843876 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/qortal/test/arbitrary/ArbitraryServiceTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/qortal/test/arbitrary/ArbitraryServiceTests.java
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
 package org.qortal.test.arbitrary;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.FieldUtils;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.qortal.account.PrivateKeyAccount;
+import org.qortal.arbitrary.ArbitraryDataFile;
+import org.qortal.arbitrary.ArbitraryDataReader;
+import org.qortal.arbitrary.exception.MissingDataException;
 import org.qortal.arbitrary.misc.Service;
 import org.qortal.arbitrary.misc.Service.ValidationResult;
+import org.qortal.controller.arbitrary.ArbitraryDataManager;
+import org.qortal.data.transaction.ArbitraryTransactionData;
+import org.qortal.data.transaction.RegisterNameTransactionData;
 import org.qortal.repository.DataException;
+import org.qortal.repository.Repository;
+import org.qortal.repository.RepositoryManager;
+import org.qortal.test.common.ArbitraryUtils;
 import org.qortal.test.common.Common;
+import org.qortal.test.common.TransactionUtils;
+import org.qortal.test.common.transaction.TestTransaction;
+import org.qortal.transaction.RegisterNameTransaction;
+import org.qortal.utils.Base58;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -189,6 +204,48 @@ public class ArbitraryServiceTests extends Common {
         assertEquals(ValidationResult.INVALID_FILE_EXTENSION, service.validate(path));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testValidatePublishedGifRepository() throws IOException, DataException, MissingDataException, IllegalAccessException {
+        try (final Repository repository = RepositoryManager.getRepository()) {
+
+            // Generate some random data
+            byte[] data = new byte[1024];
+            new Random().nextBytes(data);
+
+            // Write the data to several files in a temp path
+            Path path = Files.createTempDirectory("testValidateGifRepository");
+            path.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+            Files.write(Paths.get(path.toString(), "image1.gif"), data, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+            Files.write(Paths.get(path.toString(), "image2.gif"), data, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+            Files.write(Paths.get(path.toString(), "image3.gif"), data, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+
+            Service service = Service.GIF_REPOSITORY;
+            assertTrue(service.isValidationRequired());
+
+            assertEquals(ValidationResult.OK, service.validate(path));
+
+            PrivateKeyAccount alice = Common.getTestAccount(repository, "alice");
+            String publicKey58 = Base58.encode(alice.getPublicKey());
+            String name = "TEST"; // Can be anything for this test
+            String identifier = "test_identifier";
+
+            // Register the name to Alice
+            RegisterNameTransactionData transactionData = new RegisterNameTransactionData(TestTransaction.generateBase(alice), name, "");
+            transactionData.setFee(new RegisterNameTransaction(null, null).getUnitFee(transactionData.getTimestamp()));
+            TransactionUtils.signAndMint(repository, transactionData, alice);
+
+            // Set difficulty to 1
+            FieldUtils.writeField(ArbitraryDataManager.getInstance(), "powDifficulty", 1, true);
+
+            // Create PUT transaction
+            ArbitraryUtils.createAndMintTxn(repository, publicKey58, path, name, identifier, ArbitraryTransactionData.Method.PUT, service, alice);
+
+            // Build the latest data state for this name, and no exceptions should be thrown because validation passes
+            ArbitraryDataReader arbitraryDataReader1a = new ArbitraryDataReader(name, ArbitraryDataFile.ResourceIdType.NAME, service, identifier);
+            arbitraryDataReader1a.loadSynchronously(true);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testValidateQChatAttachment() throws IOException {
         // Generate some random data
@@ -291,4 +348,45 @@ public class ArbitraryServiceTests extends Common {
         assertEquals(ValidationResult.INVALID_FILE_COUNT, service.validate(path));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testValidatePublishedQChatAttachment() throws IOException, DataException, MissingDataException, IllegalAccessException {
+        try (final Repository repository = RepositoryManager.getRepository()) {
+
+            // Generate some random data
+            byte[] data = new byte[1024];
+            new Random().nextBytes(data);
+
+            // Write the data a single file in a temp path
+            Path path = Files.createTempDirectory("testValidateSingleFileQChatAttachment");
+            path.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+            Path filePath = Paths.get(path.toString(), "document.pdf");
+            Files.write(filePath, data, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+
+            Service service = Service.QCHAT_ATTACHMENT;
+            assertTrue(service.isValidationRequired());
+
+            assertEquals(ValidationResult.OK, service.validate(filePath));
+
+            PrivateKeyAccount alice = Common.getTestAccount(repository, "alice");
+            String publicKey58 = Base58.encode(alice.getPublicKey());
+            String name = "TEST"; // Can be anything for this test
+            String identifier = "test_identifier";
+
+            // Register the name to Alice
+            RegisterNameTransactionData transactionData = new RegisterNameTransactionData(TestTransaction.generateBase(alice), name, "");
+            transactionData.setFee(new RegisterNameTransaction(null, null).getUnitFee(transactionData.getTimestamp()));
+            TransactionUtils.signAndMint(repository, transactionData, alice);
+
+            // Set difficulty to 1
+            FieldUtils.writeField(ArbitraryDataManager.getInstance(), "powDifficulty", 1, true);
+
+            // Create PUT transaction
+            ArbitraryUtils.createAndMintTxn(repository, publicKey58, filePath, name, identifier, ArbitraryTransactionData.Method.PUT, service, alice);
+
+            // Build the latest data state for this name, and no exceptions should be thrown because validation passes
+            ArbitraryDataReader arbitraryDataReader1a = new ArbitraryDataReader(name, ArbitraryDataFile.ResourceIdType.NAME, service, identifier);
+            arbitraryDataReader1a.loadSynchronously(true);
+        }
+    }
+
 }
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