diff --git a/MMM-Wallpaper.js b/MMM-Wallpaper.js
index b5de692..2557375 100644
--- a/MMM-Wallpaper.js
+++ b/MMM-Wallpaper.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Module.register("MMM-Wallpaper", {
     flickrDataCacheTime: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
     flickrResultsPerPage: 500, // Flickr API is limited to 500 photos per page
     fadeEdges: false,
+    recurseLocalDirectories: false,
+    blacklist: []
   },
 
   getStyles: function() {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee43ddf..9a7077b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ local:
 |Option|Default|Description|
 |---|---|---|
 |`"recurseLocalDirectories"`|`false`|Whether to recurse into subdirectories when looking for images.|
+|`"blacklist"`| `[]`| An array of strings. Any path containing an element of this array as a substring will not be considered.|
 
 ## Notifications
 
diff --git a/node_helper.js b/node_helper.js
index 187e8c2..405d8c4 100644
--- a/node_helper.js
+++ b/node_helper.js
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
     const sourcePath = config.source.substring(6).trim();
     const urlPath = `/${self.name}/images/${result.key}/`;
     const fileMatcher = /\.(?:a?png|avif|gif|p?jpe?g|jfif|pjp|svg|webp|bmp)$/;
+    const blacklist = config.blacklist;
 
     if (!(result.key in self.handlers)) {
       var handler = express.static(sourcePath);
@@ -196,8 +197,18 @@ module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
       const dirents = await fs.promises.readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
       let result = [];
 
+      outer:
       for (const dirent of dirents) {
         const entpath = path.resolve(dir, dirent.name);
+
+        if (blacklist) {
+          for (const entry of blacklist) {
+            if (entpath.includes(entry)) {
+              continue outer
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
         if (dirent.isDirectory() && config.recurseLocalDirectories) {
           result = result.concat(await getFiles(entpath, `${prefix}${dirent.name}/`));
         } else if (dirent.isFile() && dirent.name.toLowerCase().match(fileMatcher) != null) {