diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io.clj b/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io.clj
index fa6a707..a4f014b 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io.clj
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@
 
 (defn filter-resources-for-ignore-patterns
   [ignore-patterns resources]
-  (filter #(not (re-matches (re-pattern ignore-patterns) (:virtual-path %)))
-          resources))
+  (if ignore-patterns
+    (filter #(not (re-matches (re-pattern ignore-patterns) (:virtual-path %)))
+            resources)
+    resources))
 
 (defn resource-from-cp-or-fs ;:- Resource 
   [fs-prefix ;:- Prefix
diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/new_io.clj b/src/cryogen_core/new_io.clj
index dc011d6..31b9934 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/new_io.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/new_io.clj
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
   (let [base-path "templates/md"
         resources (cp-io/get-resources
                    fs-prefix base-path [pages posts])
-        filtered-resources (->> (filter #(= (:resource-type %) :dir) resources)
-                                (cp-io/distinct-resources-by-path))]
+        filtered-resources (cp-io/filter-resources-for-ignore-patterns ignore-patterns 
+                              (->> (filter #(= (:resource-type %) :dir) resources)
+                                   (cp-io/distinct-resources-by-path)))]
     filtered-resources))
 
 (defn create-dirs-from-markup-folders!
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ if no, return empty vector."
     (->> assets
          filter-file
          filter-ext
+         (cp-io/filter-resources-for-ignore-patterns ignored-files)
          (map get-java-file))))
 
 ;