diff --git a/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/blueprint.json b/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/blueprint.json
index b05a2498f3..098ae0160f 100644
--- a/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/blueprint.json
+++ b/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/blueprint.json
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 			"step": "activatePlugin",
 			"pluginPath": "z-data-liberation-static-files-editor/plugin.php"
 		},
-		{
-			"step": "activatePlugin",
-			"pluginPath": "gutenberg/gutenberg.php"
-		},
 		{
 			"step": "runPHP",
 			"code": "<?php require_once '/wordpress/wp-load.php'; wp_insert_post(array('post_title' => 'My Notes', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_type' => 'page'));"
diff --git a/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/plugin.php b/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/plugin.php
index a1f85a242f..e1c45bec3f 100644
--- a/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/plugin.php
+++ b/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/plugin.php
@@ -46,17 +46,27 @@ class WP_Static_Files_Editor_Plugin {
     static private function get_fs() {
         if(!self::$fs) {
             $dot_git_path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/.static-pages.git';
+            if(!is_dir($dot_git_path)) {
+                mkdir($dot_git_path, 0777, true);
+            }
             $local_fs = new WP_Local_Filesystem($dot_git_path);
             $repo = new WP_Git_Repository($local_fs);
             $repo->add_remote('origin', GIT_REPO_URL);
             $repo->set_ref_head('HEAD', 'refs/heads/' . GIT_BRANCH);
             $repo->set_config_value('user.name', GIT_USER_NAME);
             $repo->set_config_value('user.email', GIT_USER_EMAIL);
+
+            $client = new WP_Git_Client($repo);
+            if(false === $client->force_pull()) {
+                _doing_it_wrong(__METHOD__, 'Failed to pull from remote repository', '1.0.0');
+            }
+
             self::$fs = new WP_Git_Filesystem(
                 $repo,
                 [
                     'root' => GIT_DIRECTORY_ROOT,
                     'auto_push' => true,
+                    'client' => $client,
                 ]
             );
         }
@@ -68,6 +78,7 @@ static public function initialize() {
         register_activation_hook( __FILE__, array(self::class, 'import_static_pages') );
 
         add_action('init', function() {
+            self::get_fs();
             self::register_post_type();
         });
 
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ static public function initialize() {
                 $post_id = wp_insert_post(array(
                     'post_title' => 'My first note',
                     'post_type' => WP_LOCAL_FILE_POST_TYPE,
-                    'post_status' => 'draft'
+                    'post_status' => 'publish'
                 ));
             } else {
                 $post_id = $posts[0]->ID;
@@ -440,7 +451,8 @@ static public function import_static_pages() {
         $importer = WP_Stream_Importer::create(
             function () {
                 return new WP_Filesystem_Entity_Reader(
-                    new WP_Local_Filesystem(WP_STATIC_CONTENT_DIR),
+                    self::get_fs(),
+                    // new WP_Local_Filesystem(WP_STATIC_CONTENT_DIR)
                     array(
                         'post_type' => WP_LOCAL_FILE_POST_TYPE,
                     )
diff --git a/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/run.sh b/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/run.sh
index d90ec0835c..d78b543d41 100644
--- a/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/run.sh
+++ b/packages/playground/data-liberation-static-files-editor/run.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ bun --inspect ../cli/src/cli.ts \
     --mount=../data-liberation-static-files-editor:/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/z-data-liberation-static-files-editor \
     --mount=../data-liberation-markdown:/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/z-data-liberation-markdown \
     --mount=../data-liberation:/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/data-liberation \
-    --mount=../../../../gutenberg:/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg \
     --mount=./my-notes/workdir:/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/static-pages \
     --blueprint=./blueprint.json
diff --git a/packages/playground/data-liberation/src/git/WP_Git_Client.php b/packages/playground/data-liberation/src/git/WP_Git_Client.php
index 9a25dcd9bd..a5a5c9c114 100644
--- a/packages/playground/data-liberation/src/git/WP_Git_Client.php
+++ b/packages/playground/data-liberation/src/git/WP_Git_Client.php
@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ public function list_objects($ref_hash) {
         return WP_Git_Pack_Processor::decode($pack_data);
     }
     
-    public function force_pull($branch_name, $path = '/') {
+    public function force_pull($branch_name=null, $path = '/') {
+        if(!$branch_name) {
+            $branch_name = $this->index->get_ref_head('HEAD', ['resolve_ref' => false]);
+            $branch_name = $this->localize_ref_name($branch_name);
+        }
         $path = '/' . ltrim($path, '/');
         $remote_refs = $this->fetchRefs('refs/heads/' . $branch_name);
         $remote_head = $remote_refs['refs/heads/' . $branch_name];
diff --git a/packages/playground/data-liberation/src/git/WP_Git_Repository.php b/packages/playground/data-liberation/src/git/WP_Git_Repository.php
index 2856dc8dba..36247484b9 100644
--- a/packages/playground/data-liberation/src/git/WP_Git_Repository.php
+++ b/packages/playground/data-liberation/src/git/WP_Git_Repository.php
@@ -414,10 +414,7 @@ public function get_ref_head($ref='HEAD', $options=[]) {
         }
         $contents = trim($this->fs->read_file($path));
         if($options['resolve_ref'] ?? true) {
-            if(strpos($contents, 'ref: ') === 0) {
-                $branch = trim(substr($contents, 5));
-                return $this->get_ref_head($branch, $options);
-            }
+            return $this->get_ref_head($contents, $options);
         }
         return $contents;
     }