diff --git a/lua/ivy/libivy.lua b/lua/ivy/libivy.lua
index 0b00c2f..0377b2e 100644
--- a/lua/ivy/libivy.lua
+++ b/lua/ivy/libivy.lua
@@ -1,29 +1,34 @@
 local library_path = (function()
   local dirname = string.sub(debug.getinfo(1).source, 2, #"/fzf_lib.lua" * -1)
   return dirname .. "/../../target/release/libivyrs.so"
 end)()
 
 local ffi = require "ffi"
 local ivy_c = ffi.load(library_path)
 
 ffi.cdef [[
     void ivy_init(const char*);
+    char* ivy_cwd();
     int ivy_match(const char*, const char*);
     char* ivy_files(const char*, const char*);
 ]]
 
 local libivy = {}
 
 libivy.ivy_init = function(dir)
   ivy_c.ivy_init(dir)
 end
 
+libivy.ivy_cwd = function ()
+  return  ffi.string(ivy_c.ivy_cwd())
+end
+
 libivy.ivy_match = function(pattern, text)
   return ivy_c.ivy_match(pattern, text)
 end
 
 libivy.ivy_files = function(pattern, base_dir)
   return ffi.string(ivy_c.ivy_files(pattern, base_dir))
 end
 
 return libivy
diff --git a/lua/ivy/libivy_test.lua b/lua/ivy/libivy_test.lua
index 28fb527..519361a 100644
--- a/lua/ivy/libivy_test.lua
+++ b/lua/ivy/libivy_test.lua
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 local libivy = require "ivy.libivy"
 
 it("should run a simple match", function(t)
   local score = libivy.ivy_match("term", "I am a serch term")
 
   if score <= 0 then
     t.error("Score should not be less than 0 found " .. score)
   end
 end)
+
+it("should find a dot file", function (t)
+  local current_dir = libivy.ivy_cwd()
+  local matches = libivy.ivy_files("ci.yml", current_dir);
+
+  if matches ~= ".github/workflows/ci.yml\n" then
+    t.error("Invalid matches: " .. matches)
+  end
+end);
diff --git a/rust/finder.rs b/rust/finder.rs
index 3a4dd31..f77d55d 100644
--- a/rust/finder.rs
+++ b/rust/finder.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,34 @@
-use ignore::WalkBuilder;
+use ignore::{overrides::OverrideBuilder, WalkBuilder};
 use std::fs;
 
 pub struct Options {
     pub directory: String,
 }
 
 pub fn find_files(options: Options) -> Vec<String> {
     let mut files: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
     let base_path = &fs::canonicalize(options.directory).unwrap();
 
     let mut builder = WalkBuilder::new(base_path);
-    builder.ignore(true).hidden(true);
+    builder.hidden(false);
+
+    // TODO(ade): Remove unwraps and find a good way to get the errors into the UI. Currently there
+    // is no way to handel errors in the rust library
+    let mut override_builder = OverrideBuilder::new("");
+    override_builder.add("!.git").unwrap();
+
+    let overrides = override_builder.build().unwrap();
+    builder.overrides(overrides);
 
     for result in builder.build() {
         let absolute_candidate = result.unwrap();
         let candidate_path = absolute_candidate.path().strip_prefix(base_path).unwrap();
         if candidate_path.is_dir() {
             continue;
         }
 
         files.push(candidate_path.to_str().unwrap().to_string());
     }
 
     files
 }
diff --git a/rust/lib.rs b/rust/lib.rs
index e2aca28..3a0848d 100644
--- a/rust/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/lib.rs
@@ -1,86 +1,93 @@
 mod finder;
 mod matcher;
 mod sorter;
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int};
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref GLOBAL_FILE_CACHE: Mutex<HashMap<String, Vec<String>>> = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
 }
 
 fn to_string(input: *const c_char) -> String {
     unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(input) }
         .to_str()
         .unwrap()
         .to_string()
 }
 
 fn get_files(directory: &String) -> Vec<String> {
     let mut cache = GLOBAL_FILE_CACHE.lock().unwrap();
     if !cache.contains_key(directory) {
         let finder_options = finder::Options {
             directory: directory.clone(),
         };
         cache.insert(directory.clone(), finder::find_files(finder_options));
     }
 
     return cache.get(directory).unwrap().to_vec();
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn ivy_init(c_base_dir: *const c_char) {
     let directory = to_string(c_base_dir);
     get_files(&directory);
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn ivy_cwd() -> *const c_char {
+    return CString::new(std::env::current_dir().unwrap().to_str().unwrap())
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_raw();
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn ivy_match(c_pattern: *const c_char, c_text: *const c_char) -> c_int {
     let pattern = to_string(c_pattern);
     let text = to_string(c_text);
 
     inner_match(pattern, text)
 }
 
 pub fn inner_match(pattern: String, text: String) -> i32 {
     let m = matcher::Matcher::new(pattern);
 
     m.score(text.as_str()) as i32
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn ivy_files(c_pattern: *const c_char, c_base_dir: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
     let pattern = to_string(c_pattern);
     let directory = to_string(c_base_dir);
 
     let output = inner_files(pattern, directory);
 
     CString::new(output).unwrap().into_raw()
 }
 
 pub fn inner_files(pattern: String, base_dir: String) -> String {
     let mut output = String::new();
 
     // Bail out early if the pattern is empty; it's never going to find anything
     if pattern.is_empty() {
         return output;
     }
 
     let files = get_files(&base_dir);
 
     let sorter_options = sorter::Options::new(pattern);
 
     let files = sorter::sort_strings(sorter_options, files);
     for file in files.iter() {
         output.push_str(&file.content);
         output.push('\n');
     }
 
     output
 }