diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-ci.yml
index d6e0bebd..7cba017e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
 
           if [ "${{ matrix.test-type }}" == "docstrcov" ]; then 
             echo "Running docstring coverage test"
-            docstr-coverage BlocksScreen/ --exclude .*/BlocksScreen/lib/ui/.*?$ --fail-under=80 --skip-magic --skip-init --skip-private --skip-property > docstr-cov-output.txt 2>&1
+            docstr-coverage BlocksScreen/ --exclude '.*/BlocksScreen/lib/ui/.*?$' --fail-under=80 --skip-magic --skip-init --skip-private --skip-property > docstr-cov-output.txt 2>&1
           fi
           
           if [ "${{matrix.test-type }}" == "security" ]; then
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eaa6152e..9f7e1cfb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,37 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/BlocksTechnology/BlocksScreen/issues"
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 88
 indent-width = 4
+exclude = [
+    ".bzr",
+    ".direnv",
+    ".eggs",
+    ".git",
+    ".git-rewrite",
+    ".hg",
+    ".ipynb_checkpoints",
+    ".mypy_cache",
+    ".nox",
+    ".pants.d",
+    ".pyenv",
+    ".pytest_cache",
+    ".pytype",
+    ".ruff_cache",
+    ".svn",
+    ".tox",
+    ".venv",
+    ".vscode",
+    "__pypackages__",
+    "_build",
+    "buck-out",
+    "build",
+    "dist",
+    "node_modules",
+    "site-packages",
+    "venv",
+    "BlocksScreen/lib/ui",
+    "extras",
+    "tests"
+]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 ignore = ["F403"]