diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/neovim/packer.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/neovim/packer.lua
index 82bbd696..b1685185 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/neovim/packer.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/neovim/packer.lua
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ return require("packer").startup(function(use)
 	})
 	-- use({ "iamcco/markdown-preview.nvim", run = "cd app && npm install", setup = function() vim.g.mkdp_filetypes = { "markdown" } end, ft = { "markdown" }, })
 	use({ "junegunn/fzf.vim" })
+        use({ "kien/ctrlp.vim"})
 	use({ "rinx/nvim-ripgrep" })
 	use({ "mbbill/undotree" })
 	use({
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/neovim/set.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/neovim/set.lua
index 396067d7..10c28976 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/neovim/set.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/neovim/set.lua
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ vim.cmd([[function TrimWhiteSpace()
 %s/\s*$//
 ''
 endfunction]])
---Removes trailing spaces on save
+-- Removes trailing spaces on save
 vim.cmd([[autocmd FileWritePre * call TrimWhiteSpace()]])
 vim.cmd([[autocmd FileAppendPre * call TrimWhiteSpace()]])
 vim.cmd([[autocmd FilterWritePre * call TrimWhiteSpace()]])
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ endfunction]])
 
 vim.cmd([[command! -nargs=* FZFExplore call FzfExplore(shellescape(<q-args>))]])
 
+-- CtrlP will ignore .git and node_modules directories
+vim.cmd([[set wildignore+=*/node_modules/*,*/.git/*]])
+vim.cmd([[let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = '\v[\/]\.(git|node_modules)']])
+
 -- fzf is on bottom of screen
 -- vim.cmd([[let g:fzf_layout = { 'down': '~30%' }]])