diff --git a/hugo.toml b/hugo.toml
index 029c122..5e378a0 100644
--- a/hugo.toml
+++ b/hugo.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 baseURL = 'https://volttron.org/'
 languageCode = 'en-us'
 title = 'VOLTTRON'
-theme = 'arcana'
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+theme = 'arcana'
+
+# Ignore the exampleSite directory in themes to avoid circular symlink issues
+ignoreFiles = ['themes/[^/]+/exampleSite/']
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