diff --git a/elem.c b/elem.c
index 2ae198a4..f11cbf51 100644
--- a/elem.c
+++ b/elem.c
@@ -100,8 +100,36 @@ int filter_path(struct snapraid_filter* filter, const char* path, const char* na
 
 int filter_file(struct snapraid_filter* filter, struct snapraid_file* file)
 {
-	/* only partially correct as we are not filtering dirs */
-	return filter_path(filter, file->sub, file_name(file), 0);
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	char* name;
+	unsigned i;
+
+	pathcpy(path, sizeof(path), file->sub);
+
+	/* filter for all the directory */
+	name = path;
+	for(i=0;path[i] != 0;++i) {
+		if (path[i] == '/') {
+			/* set a terminator */
+			path[i] = 0;
+
+			/* filter the directory */
+			if (filter_path(filter, path, name, 1) == 0)
+				return 0;
+
+			/* restore the slash */
+			path[i] = '/';
+
+			/* next name */
+			name = path + i + 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* filter the final file */
+	if (filter_path(filter, path, name, 0) == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	return -1;
 }
 
 block_off_t block_file_pos(struct snapraid_block* block)
diff --git a/scan.c b/scan.c
index 26b3594f..77d645b0 100644
--- a/scan.c
+++ b/scan.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static void scan_dir(struct snapraid_scan* scan, struct snapraid_state* state, s
 				scan_file(scan, state, disk, sub_next, &st);
 			} else {
 				if (state->verbose) {
-					printf("warning: Excluded file '/%s'\n", sub_next);
+					printf("Excluding file '/%s'\n", sub_next);
 				}
 			}
 		} else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static void scan_dir(struct snapraid_scan* scan, struct snapraid_state* state, s
 				scan_dir(scan, state, disk, path_next, sub_next);
 			} else {
 				if (state->verbose) {
-					printf("warning: Excluded directory '/%s'\n", sub_next);
+					printf("Excluding directory '/%s'\n", sub_next);
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/state.c b/state.c
index fbfd0001..870010e6 100644
--- a/state.c
+++ b/state.c
@@ -523,10 +523,7 @@ void state_filter(struct snapraid_state* state, tommy_list* filterlist)
 		tommy_node* k;
 		for(k=tommy_list_head(filterlist);k!=0;k=k->next) {
 			struct snapraid_filter* filter = k->data;
-			printf("\t");
-			if (filter->is_path)
-				printf("/");
-			printf("%s", filter->pattern);
+			printf("\t%s", filter->pattern);
 			if (filter->is_dir)
 				printf("/");
 			printf("\n");
@@ -556,6 +553,10 @@ void state_filter(struct snapraid_state* state, tommy_list* filterlist)
 					break;
 				}
 			}
+
+			if (state->verbose && !file->is_filtered) {
+				printf("Processing file '%s'\n", file->sub);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }