diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1ec12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+src/test/resources/hash_lf.txt text eol=lf
+src/test/resources/hash_crlf.txt text eol=crlf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/superzanti/serversync/files/FileHash.java b/src/main/java/com/superzanti/serversync/files/FileHash.java
index 8229162..0d2bf2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/superzanti/serversync/files/FileHash.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/superzanti/serversync/files/FileHash.java
@@ -3,20 +3,32 @@
 import com.superzanti.serversync.util.Logger;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.security.DigestInputStream;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class FileHash {
     public static String hashFile(Path file) {
-        try (
+        try {
+            InputStream stream = null;
+            if( FileHash.isBinaryFile(file) ){
+                stream = Files.newInputStream(file);
+            }else{
+                stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(String.join("", Files.readAllLines(file, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            }
+
             DigestInputStream in = new DigestInputStream(
-                new BufferedInputStream(Files.newInputStream(file)),
+                new BufferedInputStream(stream),
                 MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256")
-            )
-        ) {
+            );
+
             byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
             while (in.read(buffer) > -1) { }
             return String.format("%064x", new BigInteger(1, in.getMessageDigest().digest()));
@@ -26,4 +38,26 @@ public static String hashFile(Path file) {
         }
         return "";
     }
+
+    private static boolean isBinaryFile(Path f) throws IOException {
+        String[] textMine = {"text", "application/xml", "application/json", "application/javascript", "application/vnd.ms-excel"};
+
+        String type = Files.probeContentType(f);
+        if (type == null) {
+            //type couldn't be determined, guess via first 8192 bytes
+            try (InputStream stream = new BufferedInputStream(Files.newInputStream(f))) {
+                byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
+                int read = stream.read(buffer);
+                for( int i = 0; i < read; i++ ){
+                    if(buffer[i] == 0x00) return true;
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else if (Arrays.stream(textMine).anyMatch(type::startsWith)) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            //type isn't text
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/superzanti/serversync/LineFeedTest.java b/src/test/java/com/superzanti/serversync/LineFeedTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9087e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/superzanti/serversync/LineFeedTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.superzanti.serversync;
+
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import com.superzanti.serversync.files.FileHash;
+import com.superzanti.serversync.util.Logger;
+
+class LineFeedTest {
+
+    public LineFeedTest() {
+        Logger.instantiate("test");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Should hash text files ignoring line feeds")
+    void textHash() {
+        String hashLF = FileHash.hashFile(Paths.get(this.getClass().getResource("/hash_lf.txt").getPath()));
+        String hashCRLF = FileHash.hashFile(Paths.get(this.getClass().getResource("/hash_crlf.txt").getPath()));
+        assertEquals(hashLF, hashCRLF);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/hash_crlf.txt b/src/test/resources/hash_crlf.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37d4522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/hash_crlf.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a file that has specific line endings.
diff --git a/src/test/resources/hash_lf.txt b/src/test/resources/hash_lf.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37d4522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/hash_lf.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a file that has specific line endings.