diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a4123e..ab1bfea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ node_modules/
 ignore
 .vscode
 test/remote
+!test/test2/node_modules
 
 playground
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c195e00..55af9b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ npm install --save-dev ftp-deploy
 ## Usage
 
 The most basic usage:
+
 ```js
 var FtpDeploy = require("ftp-deploy");
 var ftpDeploy = new FtpDeploy();
@@ -28,7 +29,12 @@ var config = {
     // include: ["*", "**/*"],      // this would upload everything except dot files
     include: ["*.php", "dist/*", ".*"],
     // e.g. exclude sourcemaps, and ALL files in node_modules (including dot files)
-    exclude: ["dist/**/*.map", "node_modules/**", "node_modules/**/.*", ".git/**"],
+    exclude: [
+        "dist/**/*.map",
+        "node_modules/**",
+        "node_modules/**/.*",
+        ".git/**"
+    ],
     // delete ALL existing files at destination before uploading, if true
     deleteRemote: false,
     // Passive mode is forced (EPSV command is not sent)
@@ -48,10 +54,11 @@ ftpDeploy.deploy(config, function(err, res) {
 });
 ```
 
-**Note:** 
- - in version 2 the config file expects a field of `user` rather than `username` in 1.x.
- - The config file is passed as-is to Promise-FTP.
- - I create a file - e.g. deploy.js - in the root of my source code and add a script to its `package.json` so that I can `npm run deploy`.
+**Note:**
+
+-   in version 2 the config file expects a field of `user` rather than `username` in 1.x.
+-   The config file is passed as-is to Promise-FTP.
+-   I create a file - e.g. deploy.js - in the root of my source code and add a script to its `package.json` so that I can `npm run deploy`.
 
 ```json
 "scripts": {
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ These are lists of [minimatch globs](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch). ftp-d
 
 ## Events
 
-ftp-deploy reports to clients using events. To get the output you need to  implement watchers for "uploading", "uploaded" and "log":
+ftp-deploy reports to clients using events. To get the output you need to implement watchers for "uploading", "uploaded" and "log":
 
 ```js
 ftpDeploy.on("uploading", function(data) {
@@ -105,6 +112,5 @@ npm test
 
 ## ToDo
 
- - re-enable continueOnError
- - update newer files only (PR welcome)
- 
+-   re-enable continueOnError
+-   update newer files only (PR welcome)
diff --git a/src/lib.js b/src/lib.js
index 8d66eb1..96ffa09 100644
--- a/src/lib.js
+++ b/src/lib.js
@@ -43,19 +43,21 @@ function getPassword(config) {
     }
 }
 
-// Analysing local firstory
-
+// Analysing local directory
 function canIncludePath(includes, excludes, filePath) {
-    let go = (acc, item) =>
-        acc || minimatch(filePath, item, { matchBase: true });
+    const options = { matchBase: true };
+    let go = (acc, item) => acc || minimatch(filePath, item, options);
     let canInclude = includes.reduce(go, false);
 
     // Now check whether the file should in fact be specifically excluded
     if (canInclude) {
         // if any excludes match return false
         if (excludes) {
-            let go2 = (acc, item) =>
-                acc && !minimatch(filePath, item, { matchBase: true });
+            let go2 = (acc, exclItem) => {
+                const val = minimatch(filePath, exclItem, options);
+                // console.log(`minimatch("${filePath}", "${exclItem}", { matchBase: true })`, val);
+                return acc && !val;
+            };
             canInclude = excludes.reduce(go2, true);
         }
     }
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ mkDirExists = (ftp, dir) => {
     // Make the directory using recursive expand
     return ftp.mkdir(dir, true).catch(err => {
         if (err.message.startsWith("EEXIST")) {
+            // Ignore an error that the directory already exists
             return Promise.resolve();
         } else {
             console.log("[mkDirExists]", err.message);
diff --git a/src/lib.spec.js b/src/lib.spec.js
index e8446ec..cfab3f9 100644
--- a/src/lib.spec.js
+++ b/src/lib.spec.js
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ describe("dirParseSync", () => {
             exp2
         );
     });
+    it('should be able to exclude node_modules', () => {
+        const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, '../test/test2');
+        let exp = {'/': ['includeme.txt']};
+        assert.deepEqual(lib.parseLocal(['*'], ['node_modules/**'], rootDir, '/'), exp);
+    });
 });
 
 let exp = {
diff --git a/test/simple/inner/test-inside-root.excl b/test/simple/test-inside-root.excl
similarity index 100%
rename from test/simple/inner/test-inside-root.excl
rename to test/simple/test-inside-root.excl
diff --git a/test/test2/includeme.txt b/test/test2/includeme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/test2/node_modules/local/.excludedFile.txt b/test/test2/node_modules/local/.excludedFile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6d9d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test2/node_modules/local/.excludedFile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+blah
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test2/node_modules/local/.testfile b/test/test2/node_modules/local/.testfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/test2/node_modules/local/folderA/test-inside-a.txt b/test/test2/node_modules/local/folderA/test-inside-a.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60018fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test2/node_modules/local/folderA/test-inside-a.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test inside a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test2/node_modules/local/test-inside-root.txt b/test/test2/node_modules/local/test-inside-root.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d777e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test2/node_modules/local/test-inside-root.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test inside root