diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/SharedCommands/FilesFolders.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/SharedCommands/FilesFolders.cs
index dd4dcc7a4..4137ca8d0 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/SharedCommands/FilesFolders.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/SharedCommands/FilesFolders.cs
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.SharedCommands
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Returns if <paramref name="parentPath"/> contains <paramref name="subPath"/>.
+        /// Returns if <paramref name="parentPath"/> contains <paramref name="subPath"/>. Equal paths are not considered to be contained by default.
         /// From https://stackoverflow.com/a/66877016
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="parentPath">Parent path</param>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index f58ac43e8..28b25b59c 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)));
+                excludedPath => FilesFolders.PathContains(excludedPath.Path, r.SubTitle, true)));
 
             return results.ToList();
         }