diff --git a/src/panels/draft/DraftDeploymentPanel.ts b/src/panels/draft/DraftDeploymentPanel.ts
index df79e79b..6f4de6ac 100644
--- a/src/panels/draft/DraftDeploymentPanel.ts
+++ b/src/panels/draft/DraftDeploymentPanel.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export class DraftDeploymentDataProvider implements PanelDataProvider<"draftDepl
             .join(" ");
 
         const language = "java"; // So it doesn't attempt to autodetect the language
-        const command = `draft create --language ${language} --deployment-only --deploy-type ${args.deploymentSpecType} --app ${args.applicationName} ${variableArgs} --destination .${path.sep}${args.location}`;
+        const command = `draft create --language ${language} --deployment-only --deploy-type ${args.deploymentSpecType} --app ${args.applicationName} ${variableArgs} --destination .${path.sep}${args.location} --skip-file-detection`;
 
         const execOptions: ShellOptions = {
             workingDir: this.workspaceFolder.uri.fsPath,