diff --git a/.changeset/two-vans-drive.md b/.changeset/two-vans-drive.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99c2b4e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/two-vans-drive.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'houdini': patch
+---
+
+fix: config.include now checks against files ignoring QueryString
diff --git a/packages/houdini/src/lib/config.test.ts b/packages/houdini/src/lib/config.test.ts
index 139a4ba6a..2a79ef4d2 100644
--- a/packages/houdini/src/lib/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini/src/lib/config.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
 
+import { path } from '.'
+import { testConfig } from '../test'
 import type { PluginMeta } from './config'
 import { orderedPlugins, readConfigFile } from './config'
 
@@ -79,3 +81,28 @@ test(`orderedPlugins - empty => empty`, async () => {
 	const o = orderedPlugins([]).map((p) => p.name)
 	expect(o).toMatchInlineSnapshot('[]')
 })
+
+test(`Files that should be included`, async () => {
+	const config = testConfig()
+
+	// defaults
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/page.ts'))).toBe(true)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/page.js'))).toBe(true)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/page.gql'))).toBe(true)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/page.graphql'))).toBe(true)
+
+	// with some "?"
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/page.ts?sentry'))).toBe(true)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/rou?tes/page.ts?sentry'))).toBe(true)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/page.ts?s?e?n?t?r?y'))).toBe(true)
+})
+
+test(`Files that should not be included`, async () => {
+	const config = testConfig()
+
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/test'))).toBe(false)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/test.'))).toBe(false)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/test.jts'))).toBe(false)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/routes/test?'))).toBe(false)
+	expect(config.includeFile(path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/rou?tes/page.nop?s?e'))).toBe(false)
+})
diff --git a/packages/houdini/src/lib/config.ts b/packages/houdini/src/lib/config.ts
index 3d71b4715..7cddd0db0 100644
--- a/packages/houdini/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -480,6 +480,9 @@ export class Config {
 			ignore_plugins = false,
 		}: { root?: string; ignore_plugins?: boolean } = {}
 	) {
+		const parsed = path.parse(filepath)
+		filepath = `${parsed.dir}/${parsed.name}${parsed.ext.split('?')[0]}`
+
 		let included = false
 		// plugins might define custom include logic
 		for (const plugin of ignore_plugins ? [] : this.plugins) {