diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/ie/exporting/impl/ResourceExportService.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/ie/exporting/impl/ResourceExportService.java
index 45e21f5fb4..68c1b55690 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/ie/exporting/impl/ResourceExportService.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/ie/exporting/impl/ResourceExportService.java
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ package org.thingsboard.server.service.sync.ie.exporting.impl;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.EntityType;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.TbResource;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.exception.ThingsboardException;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.TbResourceId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.sync.ie.EntityExportData;
 import org.thingsboard.server.queue.util.TbCoreComponent;
+import org.thingsboard.server.service.sync.vc.data.EntitiesExportCtx;
 
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,12 @@ import java.util.Set;
 @TbCoreComponent
 public class ResourceExportService extends BaseEntityExportService<TbResourceId, TbResource, EntityExportData<TbResource>> {
 
+    @Override
+    protected void setAdditionalExportData(EntitiesExportCtx<?> ctx, TbResource resource, EntityExportData<TbResource> exportData) throws ThingsboardException {
+        super.setAdditionalExportData(ctx, resource, exportData);
+        resource.setPreview(null); // will be generated on import
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Set<EntityType> getSupportedEntityTypes() {
         return Set.of(EntityType.TB_RESOURCE);
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/ie/importing/impl/ResourceImportService.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/ie/importing/impl/ResourceImportService.java
index bc7db18e80..0ce7ffa7e1 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/ie/importing/impl/ResourceImportService.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/ie/importing/impl/ResourceImportService.java
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ package org.thingsboard.server.service.sync.ie.importing.impl;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.EntityType;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.ResourceType;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.TbResource;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.User;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.exception.ThingsboardException;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.TbResourceId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.TenantId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.sync.ie.EntityExportData;
+import org.thingsboard.server.dao.resource.ImageService;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.resource.ResourceService;
 import org.thingsboard.server.queue.util.TbCoreComponent;
 import org.thingsboard.server.service.sync.vc.data.EntitiesImportCtx;
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.service.sync.vc.data.EntitiesImportCtx;
 public class ResourceImportService extends BaseEntityImportService<TbResourceId, TbResource, EntityExportData<TbResource>> {
 
     private final ResourceService resourceService;
+    private final ImageService imageService;
 
     @Override
     protected void setOwner(TenantId tenantId, TbResource resource, IdProvider idProvider) {
@@ -66,7 +69,14 @@ public class ResourceImportService extends BaseEntityImportService<TbResourceId,
 
     @Override
     protected TbResource saveOrUpdate(EntitiesImportCtx ctx, TbResource resource, EntityExportData<TbResource> exportData, IdProvider idProvider) {
-        return resourceService.saveResource(resource);
+        if (resource.getResourceType() == ResourceType.IMAGE) {
+            return new TbResource(imageService.saveImage(resource));
+        } else {
+            resource = resourceService.saveResource(resource);
+            resource.setData(null);
+            resource.setPreview(null);
+            return resource;
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/GitRepository.java b/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/GitRepository.java
index 08fc75363c..911233a2f8 100644
--- a/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/GitRepository.java
+++ b/common/version-control/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/sync/vc/GitRepository.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.EditList;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.HistogramDiff;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.RawText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.diff.RawTextComparator;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.LargeObjectException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
@@ -236,8 +237,12 @@ public class GitRepository {
             ObjectId blobId = treeWalk.getObjectId(0);
             try (ObjectReader objectReader = git.getRepository().newObjectReader()) {
                 ObjectLoader objectLoader = objectReader.open(blobId);
-                byte[] bytes = objectLoader.getBytes();
-                return new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                try {
+                    byte[] bytes = objectLoader.getBytes();
+                    return new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                } catch (LargeObjectException e) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("File " + file + " is too big to load");
+                }
             }
         }
     }