diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0719b5f..c776d31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ On success, `ntk init` logs the new theme ID and name, and persists the theme ID
 To sync files between your local directory and the store, use `ntk push` to upload and `ntk pull` to download. Both upload or download the whole theme by default, and both accept file paths as positional arguments to limit the operation to specific files.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> File paths are relative to the theme root. `ntk push` only uploads files inside the theme directories (`assets`, `checkout`, `configs`, `layouts`, `locales`, `partials`, `sass`, `templates`) with valid theme file extensions — a path outside of them is skipped silently, not reported as an error.
+> File paths are relative to the theme root. `ntk push` only uploads files inside the theme directories (`assets`, `configs`, `layouts`, `locales`, `partials`, `sass`, `templates`) with valid theme file extensions — a path outside of them is skipped silently, not reported as an error. `ntk pull` still downloads the `checkout` directory, but `ntk push` skips it: the store does not accept uploads to it.
 
 | Example | Command |
 | ------- | ------- |
diff --git a/ntk/conf.py b/ntk/conf.py
index b6ff190..c13c41e 100644
--- a/ntk/conf.py
+++ b/ntk/conf.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "assets/**/*.webm",
     "assets/**/*.mp3",
     "assets/**/*.pdf",
-    "checkout/**/*.html",
     "configs/**/*.json",
     "layouts/**/*.html",
     "partials/**/*.html",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8acb5cd..dd45803 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-__version__ = '1.2.0'
+__version__ = '1.3.0'
 
 tests_require = [
     "flake8",
diff --git a/tests/test_command.py b/tests/test_command.py
index 13e1a14..2c18a7a 100644
--- a/tests/test_command.py
+++ b/tests/test_command.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import tempfile
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import call, MagicMock, mock_open, patch
 
@@ -410,6 +411,21 @@ def test_get_accept_files_filters_invalid_extensions_from_provided_filenames(
         ])
         self.assertEqual(result, [valid_file])
 
+    def test_get_accept_files_skips_checkout_directory(self):
+        """The store API rejects uploads to checkout/ (#37), so push never selects it."""
+        cwd = os.getcwd()
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as theme_dir:
+            os.chdir(theme_dir)
+            try:
+                os.makedirs('checkout')
+                os.makedirs('templates')
+                open('checkout/checkout.html', 'w').close()
+                open('templates/index.html', 'w').close()
+                self.assertEqual(self.command._get_accept_files([]), [os.path.abspath('templates/index.html')])
+                self.assertEqual(self.command._get_accept_files(['checkout/checkout.html']), [])
+            finally:
+                os.chdir(cwd)
+
     @patch("ntk.command.Command._get_accept_files", autospec=True)
     def test_push_command_with_filenames_should_upload_only_specified_files(
         self, mock_get_accept_files