diff --git a/internal/file/fingerprint.go b/internal/file/fingerprint.go
index 81b14f22..d76639c1 100644
--- a/internal/file/fingerprint.go
+++ b/internal/file/fingerprint.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"crypto/md5" // #nosec
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -149,19 +148,27 @@ func shouldProcessFile(fileInfo os.FileInfo, exclusions []string, path string) b
 	return true
 }
 
+func normalizeLineEndings(data []byte) []byte {
+	// Convert to Unix line endings
+	return []byte(strings.ReplaceAll(string(data), "\r\n", "\n"))
+}
+
 func computeMD5(filename string) (FileFingerprint, error) {
-	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return FileFingerprint{}, err
 	}
-	defer file.Close()
+
+	normalizedData := normalizeLineEndings(data)
 
 	hash := md5.New() // #nosec
-	if _, err := io.Copy(hash, file); err != nil {
+
+	if _, err := hash.Write(normalizedData); err != nil {
 		return FileFingerprint{}, err
 	}
 
-	contentLength, err := file.Seek(0, 2)
+	contentLength := int64(len(normalizedData))
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return FileFingerprint{}, err
 	}