diff --git a/files/file_walker.go b/files/file_walker.go
index 072f2a9..87d7825 100644
--- a/files/file_walker.go
+++ b/files/file_walker.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func WalkFolder(
 ) *File {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	c := make(chan bool, 2*runtime.NumCPU())
-	root := walkSubFolderConcurrently(path, nil, ignoringReadDir(ignoreFunction, readDir), c, &wg, progress)
+	root := walkSubFolderConcurrently(path, nil,  readDir, ignoreFunction, c, &wg, progress)
 	wg.Wait()
 	close(progress)
 	root.UpdateSize()
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ func walkSubFolderConcurrently(
 	path string,
 	parent *File,
 	readDir ReadDir,
+	ignoreFunction ShouldIgnoreFolder,
 	c chan bool,
 	wg *sync.WaitGroup,
 	progress chan<- int,
 ) *File {
 	result := &File{}
-	entries, err := readDir(path)
+	readDir2 := ignoringReadDir(ignoreFunction, readDir)
+	entries, err := readDir2(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 		return result
@@ -90,21 +92,22 @@ func walkSubFolderConcurrently(
 	defer updateProgress(progress, &numSubFolders)
 	var mutex sync.Mutex
 	for _, entry := range entries {
+		fullPath := filepath.Join(path, entry.Name())
 		if entry.IsDir() {
 			numSubFolders++
 			subFolderPath := filepath.Join(path, entry.Name())
 			wg.Add(1)
 			go func() {
 				c <- true
-				subFolder := walkSubFolderConcurrently(subFolderPath, result, readDir, c, wg, progress)
+				subFolder := walkSubFolderConcurrently(subFolderPath, result, readDir, ignoreFunction, c, wg, progress)
 				mutex.Lock()
 				result.Files = append(result.Files, subFolder)
 				mutex.Unlock()
 				<-c
 				wg.Done()
 			}()
-		} else {
-			size := entry.Size()
+		} else if !ignoreFunction(fullPath) {
+			size :=  entry.Size()
 			file := &File{
 				entry.Name(),
 				result,
diff --git a/files/gitmatch.go b/files/gitmatch.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..014add7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/gitmatch.go
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+package files
+
+//this is essentially copied from filepath.Match but adjusted to support matching separators with **
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"runtime"
+	"os"
+	"errors"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+const (
+	Separator     = os.PathSeparator
+	ListSeparator = os.PathListSeparator
+)
+
+var ErrBadPattern = errors.New("syntax error in pattern")
+
+// getEsc gets a possibly-escaped character from chunk, for a character class.
+func getEsc(chunk string) (r rune, nchunk string, err error) {
+	if len(chunk) == 0 || chunk[0] == '-' || chunk[0] == ']' {
+		err = ErrBadPattern
+		return
+	}
+	if chunk[0] == '\\' && runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+		chunk = chunk[1:]
+		if len(chunk) == 0 {
+			err = ErrBadPattern
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	r, n := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(chunk)
+	if r == utf8.RuneError && n == 1 {
+		err = ErrBadPattern
+	}
+	nchunk = chunk[n:]
+	if len(nchunk) == 0 {
+		err = ErrBadPattern
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+
+// matchChunk checks whether chunk matches the beginning of s.
+// If so, it returns the remainder of s (after the match).
+// Chunk is all single-character operators: literals, char classes, and ?.
+func matchChunk(chunk, s string) (rest string, ok bool, err error) {
+	// failed records whether the match has failed.
+	// After the match fails, the loop continues on processing chunk,
+	// checking that the pattern is well-formed but no longer reading s.
+	failed := false
+	for len(chunk) > 0 {
+		if !failed && len(s) == 0 {
+			failed = true
+		}
+		switch chunk[0] {
+		case '[':
+			// character class
+			var r rune
+			if !failed {
+				var n int
+				r, n = utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s)
+				s = s[n:]
+			}
+			chunk = chunk[1:]
+			// possibly negated
+			negated := false
+			if len(chunk) > 0 && chunk[0] == '^' {
+				negated = true
+				chunk = chunk[1:]
+			}
+			// parse all ranges
+			match := false
+			nrange := 0
+			for {
+				if len(chunk) > 0 && chunk[0] == ']' && nrange > 0 {
+					chunk = chunk[1:]
+					break
+				}
+				var lo, hi rune
+				if lo, chunk, err = getEsc(chunk); err != nil {
+					return "", false, err
+				}
+				hi = lo
+				if chunk[0] == '-' {
+					if hi, chunk, err = getEsc(chunk[1:]); err != nil {
+						return "", false, err
+					}
+				}
+				if lo <= r && r <= hi {
+					match = true
+				}
+				nrange++
+			}
+			if match == negated {
+				failed = true
+			}
+
+		case '?':
+			if !failed {
+				if s[0] == Separator {
+					failed = true
+				}
+				_, n := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s)
+				s = s[n:]
+			}
+			chunk = chunk[1:]
+
+		case '\\':
+			if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+				chunk = chunk[1:]
+				if len(chunk) == 0 {
+					return "", false, ErrBadPattern
+				}
+			}
+			fallthrough
+
+		default:
+			if !failed {
+				if chunk[0] != s[0] {
+					failed = true
+				}
+				s = s[1:]
+			}
+			chunk = chunk[1:]
+		}
+	}
+	if failed {
+		return "", false, nil
+	}
+	return s, true, nil
+}
+
+func scanChunk(pattern string) (star int, chunk, rest string) {
+	for len(pattern) > 0 && pattern[0] == '*' {
+		pattern = pattern[1:]
+		star += 1
+	}
+	// for star >= 2 && pattern[0] == '/' {
+		// pattern = pattern[1:]
+	// }
+	inrange := false
+	var i int
+Scan:
+	for i = 0; i < len(pattern); i++ {
+		switch pattern[i] {
+		case '\\':
+			if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+				// error check handled in matchChunk: bad pattern.
+				if i+1 < len(pattern) {
+					i++
+				}
+			}
+		case '[':
+			inrange = true
+		case ']':
+			inrange = false
+		case '*':
+			if !inrange {
+				break Scan
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return star, pattern[0:i], pattern[i:]
+}
+
+func Match(pattern, name string) (matched bool, err error) {
+Pattern:
+	for len(pattern) > 0 {
+		var star int
+		var chunk string
+		star, chunk, pattern = scanChunk(pattern)
+		if star >= 1 && chunk == "" {
+			// Trailing * matches rest of string unless it has a /.
+			return !strings.Contains(name, string(Separator)), nil
+		}
+		// Look for match at current position.
+		t, ok, err := matchChunk(chunk, name)
+		// if we're the last chunk, make sure we've exhausted the name
+		// otherwise we'll give a false result even if we could still match
+		// using the star
+		if ok && (len(t) == 0 || len(pattern) > 0) {
+			name = t
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if star >= 1 {
+			// Look for match skipping i+1 bytes.
+			// Cannot skip /.
+			for i := 0; i < len(name) && ((name[i] != Separator && star == 1) || star >= 2) ; i++ {
+				t, ok, err := matchChunk(chunk, name[i+1:])
+				if ok {
+					// if we're the last chunk, make sure we exhausted the name
+					if len(pattern) == 0 && len(t) > 0 {
+						continue
+					}
+					name = t
+					continue Pattern
+				}
+				if err != nil {
+					return false, err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return len(name) == 0, nil
+}
+
diff --git a/ignore.go b/ignore.go
index b533551..29718a5 100644
--- a/ignore.go
+++ b/ignore.go
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ func readIgnoreFile() []string {
 }
 
 func ignoreBasedOnIgnoreFile(ignoreFile []string) files.ShouldIgnoreFolder {
-	ignoredFolders := map[string]struct{}{}
-	for _, line := range ignoreFile {
-		ignoredFolders[line] = struct{}{}
-	}
 	return func(absolutePath string) bool {
-		_, name := filepath.Split(absolutePath)
-		_, ignored := ignoredFolders[name]
-		return ignored
+		for _, pattern := range ignoreFile {
+			matchResult, err := files.Match(pattern, absolutePath)
+			if matchResult && err == nil {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		return false
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ignore_test.go b/ignore_test.go
index 674f4e7..9b64700 100644
--- a/ignore_test.go
+++ b/ignore_test.go
@@ -7,8 +7,37 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestIgnoreBasedOnIgnoreFile(t *testing.T) {
-	ignored := []string{"node_modules"}
-	ignoreFunction := ignoreBasedOnIgnoreFile(ignored)
-	assert.True(t, ignoreFunction("something/node_modules"))
-	assert.False(t, ignoreFunction("something/notIgnored"))
+	//these tests might fail on windows
+	tests := []struct {
+		ignored []string
+		file string
+		match   bool
+	}{
+		{[]string{"**/what/test"}, "what/what/test", true},
+		{[]string{"**node_modules"}, "something/node_modules", true},
+		{[]string{"**node_modules"}, "something/notIgnored", false},
+		{[]string{"**/what/test"}, "/home/user/test", false},
+		{[]string{"**user/test"}, "user/test", true},
+		{[]string{"**test"}, "test", true},
+		{[]string{"**png"}, "path/to/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"**folder**png"}, "path/to/folder/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"**folder**png"}, "path/folder/to/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"**/*folder*/**png"}, "path/hellofolder/to/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"**/*folder*/**png"}, "path/folder2/to/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"**/*folder*/**png"}, "path/folder/to/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"**/*folder*/**png"}, "path/foler/to/test.png", false},
+		{[]string{"**/test.png"}, "path/to/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"*png"}, "test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"dir/*png"}, "dir/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"*dir*/*png"}, "testdir2/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"*dir*/*png"}, "testdir/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"*dir*dir*/*png"}, "dirtestdir/test.png", true},
+		{[]string{"*dir*dir*/*png"}, "dir/testdir/test.png", false},
+		{[]string{"wrong/pattern"}, "test", false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		ignoreFunction := ignoreBasedOnIgnoreFile(tt.ignored)
+		assert.True(t, tt.match == ignoreFunction(tt.file))
+	}
 }