diff --git a/RedundancyFinder/Finder.cs b/RedundancyFinder/Finder.cs
index 8ec7da6..0af1411 100644
--- a/RedundancyFinder/Finder.cs
+++ b/RedundancyFinder/Finder.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ namespace RedundancyFinder
         {
             try
             {
+                // Check if the directory is hidden and skip it if true
+                var attributes = File.GetAttributes(directoryPath);
+                if ((attributes & FileAttributes.Hidden) == FileAttributes.Hidden)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 // Process files in the current directory
                 foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(directoryPath))
                 {