diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index d910eb9..ece6d05 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ func globList(paths []string) fileList {
 func buildArgs(tar string, files fileList) []string {
 	args := []string{}
 	if len(files.Ignore) > 0 {
-		args = append(args, "--exclude")
-		args = append(args, files.Ignore...)
+		for _, v := range files.Ignore {
+			args = append(args, "--exclude")
+			args = append(args, v)
+		}
 	}
 	args = append(args, "-cf")
 	args = append(args, getRealPath(tar))
diff --git a/plugin_test.go b/plugin_test.go
index 0a1013b..188f54d 100644
--- a/plugin_test.go
+++ b/plugin_test.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func TestIgnoreList(t *testing.T) {
 			Username:        "drone-scp",
 			Port:            "22",
 			KeyPath:         "tests/.ssh/id_rsa",
-			Source:          []string{"tests/global/*", "!tests/global/c.txt"},
+			Source:          []string{"tests/global/*", "!tests/global/c.txt", "!tests/global/e.txt"},
 			StripComponents: 2,
 			Target:          []string{filepath.Join(u.HomeDir, "ignore")},
 			CommandTimeout:  60,
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ func TestIgnoreList(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("c.txt file exist")
 	}
 
+	// check file exist
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(u.HomeDir, "ignore/e.txt")); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("c.txt file exist")
+	}
+
 	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(u.HomeDir, "ignore/d.txt")); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		t.Fatalf("SCP-error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -407,12 +412,12 @@ func TestGlobList(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBuildArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	list := fileList{
-		Source: []string{"tests/a.txt", "tests/b.txt"},
-		Ignore: []string{"tests/a.txt"},
+		Source: []string{"tests/a.txt", "tests/b.txt", "tests/c.txt"},
+		Ignore: []string{"tests/a.txt", "tests/b.txt"},
 	}
 
 	result := buildArgs("test.tar.gz", list)
-	expects := []string{"--exclude", "tests/a.txt", "-cf", "test.tar.gz", "tests/a.txt", "tests/b.txt"}
+	expects := []string{"--exclude", "tests/a.txt", "--exclude", "tests/b.txt", "-cf", "test.tar.gz", "tests/a.txt", "tests/b.txt", "tests/c.txt"}
 	assert.Equal(t, expects, result)
 
 	list = fileList{
diff --git a/tests/global/e.txt b/tests/global/e.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29