diff --git a/quartz/build.ts b/quartz/build.ts
index ed166bb6c..452a2f1ae 100644
--- a/quartz/build.ts
+++ b/quartz/build.ts
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ async function partialRebuildFromEntrypoint(
           const emitterGraph =
             (await emitter.getDependencyGraph?.(ctx, processedFiles, staticResources)) ?? null
 
-          // emmiter may not define a dependency graph. nothing to update if so
-          if (emitterGraph) {
+          // only update the graph if the emitter plugin uses the changed file
+          // eg. Assets plugin ignores md files, so we skip updating the graph
+          if (emitterGraph?.hasNode(fp)) {
             // merge the new dependencies into the dep graph
             dependencies[emitter.name]?.updateIncomingEdgesForNode(emitterGraph, fp)
           }
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
index 379cd5b2d..036b27da4 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs"
 import { glob } from "../../util/glob"
 import DepGraph from "../../depgraph"
+import { Argv } from "../../util/ctx"
+import { QuartzConfig } from "../../cfg"
+
+const filesToCopy = async (argv: Argv, cfg: QuartzConfig) => {
+  // glob all non MD files in content folder and copy it over
+  return await glob("**", argv.directory, ["**/*.md", ...cfg.configuration.ignorePatterns])
+}
 
 export const Assets: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => {
   return {
@@ -15,7 +22,7 @@ export const Assets: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => {
       const { argv, cfg } = ctx
       const graph = new DepGraph<FilePath>()
 
-      const fps = await glob("**", argv.directory, ["**/*.md", ...cfg.configuration.ignorePatterns])
+      const fps = await filesToCopy(argv, cfg)
 
       for (const fp of fps) {
         const ext = path.extname(fp)
@@ -30,9 +37,8 @@ export const Assets: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => {
       return graph
     },
     async emit({ argv, cfg }, _content, _resources): Promise<FilePath[]> {
-      // glob all non MD/MDX/HTML files in content folder and copy it over
       const assetsPath = argv.output
-      const fps = await glob("**", argv.directory, ["**/*.md", ...cfg.configuration.ignorePatterns])
+      const fps = await filesToCopy(argv, cfg)
       const res: FilePath[] = []
       for (const fp of fps) {
         const ext = path.extname(fp)