diff --git a/data/core/common.lua b/data/core/common.lua
index 37d30436..dc61553b 100644
--- a/data/core/common.lua
+++ b/data/core/common.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+local config = require 'core.config'
+
 local common = {}
 
 
@@ -445,4 +447,15 @@ function common.rm(path, recursively)
   return true
 end
 
+---@param filename string
+---@return boolean
+function common.match_ignore_files(filename)
+  for _, pattern in ipairs(config.ignore_files) do
+    if common.match_pattern(filename, pattern) then
+      return true
+    end
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
 return common
diff --git a/data/core/config.lua b/data/core/config.lua
index 1233595b..02c68f5e 100644
--- a/data/core/config.lua
+++ b/data/core/config.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config.message_timeout = 5
 config.mouse_wheel_scroll = 50 * SCALE
 config.scroll_past_end = true
 config.file_size_limit = 10
-config.ignore_files = "^%."
+config.ignore_files = { "^%.", "node_modules" }
 config.symbol_pattern = "[%a_][%w_]*"
 config.non_word_chars = " \t\n/\\()\"':,.;<>~!@#$%^&*|+=[]{}`?-"
 config.undo_merge_timeout = 0.3
diff --git a/data/core/init.lua b/data/core/init.lua
index ae766f57..6a1f306e 100644
--- a/data/core/init.lua
+++ b/data/core/init.lua
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ local function get_project_file_info(root, file)
   if info then
     info.filename = strip_leading_path(file)
     return (info.size < config.file_size_limit * 1e6 and
-      not common.match_pattern(common.basename(info.filename), config.ignore_files)
+      not common.match_ignore_files(common.basename(info.filename))
       and info)
   end
 end
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ end
 
 local function project_scan_add_file(dir, filepath)
   for fragment in string.gmatch(filepath, "([^/\\]+)") do
-    if common.match_pattern(fragment, config.ignore_files) then
+    if common.match_ignore_files(fragment) then
       return
     end
   end