diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b1623a..bd748c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,22 @@ This option provides control over which console statments are adjusted. Methods
 {
   plugins: [
     ["captains-log", {
-      methods: ['debug', 'info']
+      "methods": ['debug', 'info']
+    }]
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+### Ignore Patterns
+This option provides control over which files are adjusted. Ignore Patterns is set within your `.babelrc` as an array of strings.
+
+**Default**: `["node_modules"]`
+
+```
+{
+  plugins: [
+    ["captains-log", {
+      "ignorePatterns": ["node_modules", ".spec.js"]
     }]
   ]
 }
@@ -85,7 +100,7 @@ Flags are values set for all methods and are used to turn that feature on or off
 {
   plugins: [
     ["captains-log", {
-      injectVariableName: true
+      "injectVariableName": true
     }]
   ]
 }
@@ -98,7 +113,7 @@ Flags are values set for all methods and are used to turn that feature on or off
 {
   plugins: [
     ["captains-log", {
-      injectScope: true
+      "injectScope": true
     }]
   ]
 }
@@ -111,7 +126,7 @@ Flags are values set for all methods and are used to turn that feature on or off
 {
   plugins: [
     ["captains-log", {
-      injectFileName: true
+      "injectFileName": true
     }]
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/__test__/__snapshots__/ignoreRegEx.spec.js.snap b/src/__test__/__snapshots__/ignoreRegEx.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ebce07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__test__/__snapshots__/ignoreRegEx.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`all.js 1`] = `
+"console.log(a);
+console.log(a.length);
+console.log(a.map());
+
+function add() {
+  console.log(\\"1\\");
+}
+
+const subtract = () => {
+  console.log(\\"2\\");
+};
+
+let multiply;
+multiple = () => {
+  console.log(\\"3\\");
+};
+
+let divide;
+divide = function() {
+  console.log(\\"4\\");
+};
+
+const power = function pow() {
+  console.log(5);
+};
+
+const obj = {
+  method1: function() {
+    console.log(6);
+  },
+  method2: () => {
+    console.log(7);
+  },
+  method3() {
+    console.log(8);
+  },
+};
+
+const Component = () => {
+  const privateMethod = () => {
+    console.log(1);
+  };
+  return class HighOrderComponent {
+    showList() {
+      arr.map(i => {
+        console.log(i);
+      });
+    }
+    render() {
+      console.log(2);
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+class ToDoComponent {
+  render() {
+    console.log(this.props);
+  }
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+console.log(a);
+console.log(a.length);
+console.log(a.map());
+
+function add() {
+  console.log(\\"1\\");
+}
+
+const subtract = () => {
+  console.log(\\"2\\");
+};
+
+let multiply;
+multiple = () => {
+  console.log(\\"3\\");
+};
+
+let divide;
+divide = function () {
+  console.log(\\"4\\");
+};
+
+const power = function pow() {
+  console.log(5);
+};
+
+const obj = {
+  method1: function () {
+    console.log(6);
+  },
+  method2: () => {
+    console.log(7);
+  },
+  method3() {
+    console.log(8);
+  }
+};
+
+const Component = () => {
+  const privateMethod = () => {
+    console.log(1);
+  };
+  return class HighOrderComponent {
+    showList() {
+      arr.map(i => {
+        console.log(i);
+      });
+    }
+    render() {
+      console.log(2);
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+class ToDoComponent {
+  render() {
+    console.log(this.props);
+  }
+}"
+`;
+
+exports[`method.js 1`] = `
+"function logAll() {
+  console.assert(1 === 1);
+  console.clear();
+  console.count(\\"count\\");
+  console.debug(\\"debug\\");
+  console.dir(obj);
+  console.error(\\"error\\");
+  console.exception(\\"exception\\");
+  console.group(\\"group\\");
+  console.groupEnd(\\"group\\");
+  console.groupCollapsed(\\"groupCollapsed\\");
+  console.groupEnd(\\"groupCollapsed\\");
+  console.info(\\"info\\");
+  console.log(\\"log\\");
+  console.profile(\\"profile\\");
+  console.profileEnd(\\"profile\\");
+  console.table([\\"table\\"]);
+  console.time(\\"time\\");
+  console.timeEnd(\\"time\\");
+  console.trace(\\"trace\\");
+  console.warn(\\"warn\\");
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+function logAll() {
+  console.assert(1 === 1);
+  console.clear();
+  console.count(\\"count\\");
+  console.debug(\\"method.js(5:2)\\", \\"logAll:\\", \\"debug\\");
+  console.dir(obj);
+  console.error(\\"method.js(7:2)\\", \\"logAll:\\", \\"error\\");
+  console.exception(\\"method.js(8:2)\\", \\"logAll:\\", \\"exception\\");
+  console.group(\\"group\\");
+  console.groupEnd(\\"group\\");
+  console.groupCollapsed(\\"groupCollapsed\\");
+  console.groupEnd(\\"groupCollapsed\\");
+  console.info(\\"method.js(13:2)\\", \\"logAll:\\", \\"info\\");
+  console.log(\\"method.js(14:2)\\", \\"logAll:\\", \\"log\\");
+  console.profile(\\"profile\\");
+  console.profileEnd(\\"profile\\");
+  console.table([\\"table\\"]);
+  console.time(\\"time\\");
+  console.timeEnd(\\"time\\");
+  console.trace(\\"trace\\");
+  console.warn(\\"method.js(21:2)\\", \\"logAll:\\", \\"warn\\");
+}"
+`;
+
+exports[`simple.js 1`] = `
+"function add(a, b) {
+  console.log(a, b);
+  return a + b;
+}
+
+const subtract = (a, b) => {
+  console.info(a, b);
+  return a - b;
+};
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+function add(a, b) {
+  console.log(\\"simple.js(2:2)\\", \\"add:\\", \\"a\\", a, \\"b\\", b);
+  return a + b;
+}
+
+const subtract = (a, b) => {
+  console.info(\\"simple.js(7:2)\\", \\"subtract:\\", \\"a\\", a, \\"b\\", b);
+  return a - b;
+};"
+`;
diff --git a/src/__test__/ignoreRegEx.spec.js b/src/__test__/ignoreRegEx.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..631d0b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__test__/ignoreRegEx.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import runSpec from "./run_spec";
+
+runSpec("customMethods - log only", {
+  ignorePatterns: ['node_modules', 'all.js'],
+});
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 12f76dc..b7a2b44 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ export default function({ types: t }) {
   return {
     name,
     visitor: {
-      Identifier(path, { opts }) {
+      Identifier(path, { opts = {}, file }) {
+        if (matchesIgnorePattern(opts.ignorePatterns, file)) {
+          return;
+        }
         if (!looksLike(path.node, { name: "console" })) {
           return;
         }
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ export default function({ types: t }) {
       },
     },
   };
+  function matchesIgnorePattern(ignorePatterns = ["node_modules"], file) {
+    return ignorePatterns.some(pattern => file.opts.filename.includes(pattern));
+  }
 
   function getConsoleCallMethodName(callExpression) {
     return callExpression.get("callee.property").node.name;
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ export default function({ types: t }) {
   }
 
   function buildSettings(opts) {
-    const { methods, ...flags } = opts;
+    const { methods, ignorePatterns, ...flags } = opts;
     // output spreads the flags over each method
     // in the future this could be expanded to allow method level config
     return (methods || defaultMethods).reduce((acc, curr) => {