diff --git a/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/src/extension.ts b/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/src/extension.ts
index 124b91655a13658f6889a9ea817486ec7823dcc8..a8bcf9c0479c3b5ef54b9f08ad47b41f2597448a 100755
--- a/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/src/extension.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/src/extension.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@   Range,
   TextEditorDecorationType,
   RelativePattern,
   ConfigurationScope,
-  WorkspaceConfiguration,
 } from 'vscode'
 import {
   LanguageClient,
@@ -84,16 +83,15 @@   const langs = Workspace.getConfiguration('tailwindCSS', folder).includeLanguages
   return isObject(langs) ? langs : {}
 }
 
-function getGlobalExcludePatterns(scope: ConfigurationScope): string[] {
-  return Object.entries(Workspace.getConfiguration('files', scope).get('exclude'))
-    .filter(([, value]) => value === true)
+function getExcludePatterns(folder: WorkspaceFolder): string[] {
+  let globalExclude = Workspace.getConfiguration('files', folder).get('exclude')
+  let exclude = Object.entries(globalExclude)
+    .filter(([, value]) => value)
     .map(([key]) => key)
-}
 
-function getExcludePatterns(scope: ConfigurationScope): string[] {
   return [
-    ...getGlobalExcludePatterns(scope),
-    ...(<string[]>Workspace.getConfiguration('tailwindCSS', scope).get('files.exclude')),
+    ...exclude,
+    ...(<string[]>Workspace.getConfiguration('tailwindCSS', folder).get('files.exclude')),
   ]
 }
 
@@ -109,12 +107,17 @@ 
   return false
 }
 
-function mergeExcludes(settings: WorkspaceConfiguration, scope: ConfigurationScope) {
+function mergeExcludes(settings, scope) {
+  // merge `files.exclude` into `tailwindCSS.files.exclude`
+  let globalExclude = Object.entries(Workspace.getConfiguration('files', scope).get('exclude'))
+    .filter(([, value]) => value)
+    .map(([key]) => key)
+
   return {
     ...settings,
     files: {
       ...settings.files,
-      exclude: [...getGlobalExcludePatterns(scope), ...settings.files.exclude],
+      exclude: [...globalExclude, ...settings.files.exclude],
     },
   }
 }