diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 14b2946..115924a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "llm-context",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "1.2.2",
+  "version": "1.2.3",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@9.15.0+sha512.76e2379760a4328ec4415815bcd6628dee727af3779aaa4c914e3944156c4299921a89f976381ee107d41f12cfa4b66681ca9c718f0668fa0831ed4c6d8ba56c",
   "description": "A CLI tool to build context files to attach to Large Language Models (LLMs).",
   "author": {
diff --git a/src/ignore.ts b/src/ignore.ts
index 87a7155..7f1f6db 100644
--- a/src/ignore.ts
+++ b/src/ignore.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export function matchesPattern(path: string, pattern: string): boolean {
-  const regexString = pattern
-    .replace(/\*/g, '.*')
-    .replace(/\?/g, '.')
+  const escaped = pattern.replace(/\./g, '\\.')
+  const regexString = escaped.replace(/\*/g, '.*')
+
   const regex = new RegExp(regexString)
   return regex.test(path)
 }
diff --git a/tests/files.test.ts b/tests/files.test.ts
index e28f69f..4a9bc56 100644
--- a/tests/files.test.ts
+++ b/tests/files.test.ts
@@ -130,3 +130,23 @@ describe('readFilesInDirectory', () => {
     expect(tokensMap.get('test.txt')).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1)
   })
 })
+
+describe('login dir ignore check', () => {
+  const testDir = join(__dirname, 'test-login')
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, 'login'), { recursive: true })
+    // Some dummy file to ensure the dir has content
+    writeFileSync(join(testDir, 'login', 'stuff.ts'), 'console.log("Login stuff")')
+  })
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  it('should NOT ignore login folder by default', () => {
+    const { context } = readFilesInDirectory(testDir, testDir)
+    expect(context).toContain('<file name="login/stuff.ts">')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/tree.test.ts b/tests/tree.test.ts
index 405fd58..dfa0f78 100644
--- a/tests/tree.test.ts
+++ b/tests/tree.test.ts
@@ -63,4 +63,22 @@ describe('tree.util', () => {
       expect(result).not.toContain('foofile.md')
     })
   })
+
+  it('should NOT ignore "login" folder by default', () => {
+    // Make sure the folder exists and has some file
+    mkdirSync(join(testDir, 'login'), { recursive: true })
+    writeFileSync(join(testDir, 'login', 'stuff.ts'), 'console.log("Login stuff")')
+
+    // Run getTreeOutput without custom ignores
+    const result = getTreeOutput(
+      testDir,
+      [],
+      new Map<string, number>(),
+      testDir,
+    )
+
+    // Confirm that "login" is present in the tree
+    expect(result).toContain('login')
+    expect(result).toContain('stuff.ts')
+  })
 })