diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92fc7ff1..56f5c596 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="ArchLens",
-    version="0.2.2",
+    version="0.2.3",
     description="Designed for visualizing package dependencies and highlighting differences between"
     " branches in GitHub pull requests. It offers customization options to tailor package views.",
     author="The ArchLens Team",
diff --git a/src/views/view_manager.py b/src/views/view_manager.py
index 43411ca1..943359e8 100644
--- a/src/views/view_manager.py
+++ b/src/views/view_manager.py
@@ -231,10 +231,16 @@ def _filter_packages(
         filtered_packages_set = set(packages_map.values())
 
     # ignorePackages
+
+    if not "ignorePackages" in view:
+        view["ignorePackages"] = []        
+
     updated_filtered_packages_set: set = set()
-    for ignore_packages in view["ignorePackages"]:
-        for package in filtered_packages_set:
-            should_filter = False
+    for package in filtered_packages_set:
+        should_filter = False
+
+        for ignore_packages in view["ignorePackages"]:
+            ignore_packages = ignore_packages.replace(".", "/")
             if ignore_packages.startswith("*") and ignore_packages.endswith("*"):
                 if ignore_packages[1:-1] in package.path:
                     should_filter = True
@@ -242,8 +248,8 @@ def _filter_packages(
                 if package.path.startswith(ignore_packages):
                     should_filter = True
 
-            if not should_filter:
-                updated_filtered_packages_set.add(package)
+        if not should_filter:
+            updated_filtered_packages_set.add(package)
 
     if len(view["ignorePackages"]) == 0:
         updated_filtered_packages_set = filtered_packages_set