diff --git a/lib/svi/util.rb b/lib/svi/util.rb
index 0c46a61..13af555 100644
--- a/lib/svi/util.rb
+++ b/lib/svi/util.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ module Svi
 
       def is_path_ignored?(path, config)
         config.ignores.find do |ignore_pattern|
+          ignore_pattern.chomp!("/")
+          if ignore_pattern.start_with?("/")
+            ignore_pattern = ignore_pattern[1, ignore_pattern.size]
+          elsif not ignore_pattern["/"]
+            path = File.basename(path)
+          end
           File.fnmatch(ignore_pattern, path, File::FNM_PATHNAME)
         end
       end