diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Test/FilesFoldersTest.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Test/FilesFoldersTest.cs
index 75a0f67fb..3dead9918 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Test/FilesFoldersTest.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Test/FilesFoldersTest.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Test
         [TestCase(@"c:\foo", @"c:\foo\", true)]
         public void GivenTwoPathsAreTheSame_WhenCheckPathContains_ThenShouldBeExpectedResult(string parentPath, string path, bool expectedResult)
         {
-            Assert.AreEqual(expectedResult, FilesFolders.PathContains(parentPath, path, expectedResult));
+            Assert.AreEqual(expectedResult, FilesFolders.PathContains(parentPath, path, allowEqual: expectedResult));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index 28b25b59c..5fe01d3a5 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
             }
 
             results.RemoveWhere(r => Settings.IndexSearchExcludedSubdirectoryPaths.Any(
-                excludedPath => FilesFolders.PathContains(excludedPath.Path, r.SubTitle, true)));
+                excludedPath => FilesFolders.PathContains(excludedPath.Path, r.SubTitle, allowEqual: true)));
 
             return results.ToList();
         }