diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index 3f55ce8..004744b 100755
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -409,13 +409,15 @@ async function newApp(name?: string) {
     writeFileSync(join(appPath, filename), content)
   }
 
+  process.chdir(appPath)
+  await pushApp()
+
   console.log(color.green(`✓ Created ${appName}`))
   console.log()
   console.log('Next steps:')
   if (name) {
     console.log(`  cd ${name}`)
   }
-  console.log('  toes push')
   console.log('  bun install')
   console.log('  bun dev')
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/gitignore.ts b/src/shared/gitignore.ts
index 2b288fd..142b52c 100644
--- a/src/shared/gitignore.ts
+++ b/src/shared/gitignore.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
 import { join } from 'path'
 
-const DEFAULT_PATTERNS = [
+const ALWAYS_EXCLUDE = [
   'node_modules',
   '.DS_Store',
+  '.git',
+  '*~',
+]
+
+const DEFAULT_PATTERNS = [
+  ...ALWAYS_EXCLUDE,
   '*.log',
   'dist',
   'build',
   '.env.local',
-  '.git',
   'bun.lockb',
 ]
 
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ export interface GitignoreChecker {
 export function loadGitignore(appPath: string): GitignoreChecker {
   const gitignorePath = join(appPath, '.gitignore')
   const patterns = existsSync(gitignorePath)
-    ? parseGitignore(readFileSync(gitignorePath, 'utf-8'))
+    ? [...ALWAYS_EXCLUDE, ...parseGitignore(readFileSync(gitignorePath, 'utf-8'))]
     : DEFAULT_PATTERNS
 
   return {