diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b911196..3fb5d9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 khdb.txt
 khdb.txt.zip
 ElysiumSettings.txt
-/Reports
\ No newline at end of file
+/Reports
+/khdb-shards
diff --git a/Prepare-KHDBStorage.ps1 b/Prepare-KHDBStorage.ps1
index 5cf6e62..d5ffc1e 100644
--- a/Prepare-KHDBStorage.ps1
+++ b/Prepare-KHDBStorage.ps1
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ if ($UploadOnly) {
     }
 
     try {
-        $manifestObject = (Get-Content -LiteralPath $manifestPath -Encoding UTF8 -Raw) | ConvertFrom-Json -Depth 6
+        $manifestObject = (Get-Content -LiteralPath $manifestPath -Encoding UTF8 -Raw) | ConvertFrom-Json
     } catch {
         throw "Failed to parse manifest '$manifestPath': $($_.Exception.Message)"
     }
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ if ($UploadOnly) {
             }
             if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $resolvedCheckpointPath) {
                 try {
-                    $resumeState = (Get-Content -LiteralPath $resolvedCheckpointPath -Encoding UTF8 -Raw) | ConvertFrom-Json -Depth 6
+                    $resumeState = (Get-Content -LiteralPath $resolvedCheckpointPath -Encoding UTF8 -Raw) | ConvertFrom-Json
                 } catch {
                     throw "Failed to parse checkpoint '$resolvedCheckpointPath': $($_.Exception.Message)"
                 }
diff --git a/Update-KHDB.ps1 b/Update-KHDB.ps1
index 3e2d66c..3a7b934 100644
--- a/Update-KHDB.ps1
+++ b/Update-KHDB.ps1
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ function Combine-StoragePath {
 function Load-Manifest {
     param([string]$Path)
     $raw = Get-Content -LiteralPath $Path -Encoding UTF8 -Raw
-    return $raw | ConvertFrom-Json -Depth 8
+    return $raw | ConvertFrom-Json
 }
 
 function Validate-Manifest {