diff --git a/Rename/Rename.cs b/Rename/Rename.cs
index b156948..aae3639 100644
--- a/Rename/Rename.cs
+++ b/Rename/Rename.cs
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ public class Rename
             {
                 if (!int.TryParse(Path.GetFileName(fileHolder.DirectoryName)[..4], out int year))
                     year = minimumDateTime.Value.Year;
+                if (_Configuration.IgnoreExtensions.Contains(fileHolder.ExtensionLowered))
+                    continue;
                 try
                 { directories = MetadataExtractor.ImageMetadataReader.ReadMetadata(file); }
                 catch (Exception) { continue; }