diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 2096d66..5a85ee2 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent, QString socketPath) : QMainWindow(parent
 	QStringList indexPaths = settings.value("indexPaths").toStringList();
 	ui->lstPaths->addItems(indexPaths);
 
+	QString ignorePatterns = settings.value("ignorePatterns").toString();
+	ui->txtIgnorePatterns->setText(ignorePatterns);
+
 	ui->spinPreviewPage->setValue(1);
 	ui->spinPreviewPage->setMinimum(1);
 }
@@ -196,9 +199,12 @@ void MainWindow::startIndexing()
 		pathSettingsValue.append(path);
 	}
 	this->indexer->setTargetPaths(paths);
+	QString ignorePatterns = ui->txtIgnorePatterns->text();
+	this->indexer->setIgnorePattern(ignorePatterns.split(";"));
 	this->indexer->beginIndexing();
 	QSettings settings;
 	settings.setValue("indexPaths", pathSettingsValue);
+	settings.setValue("ignorePatterns", ignorePatterns);
 	ui->btnStartIndexing->setText("Stop indexing");
 }
 
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.ui b/gui/mainwindow.ui
index b8d55b5..18191d6 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.ui
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
        <enum>QTabWidget::South</enum>
       </property>
       <property name="currentIndex">
-       <number>1</number>
+       <number>0</number>
       </property>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="resultsTab">
        <attribute name="title">
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item row="6" column="0">
-         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEdit"/>
+         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtIgnorePatterns"/>
         </item>
         <item row="10" column="0">
          <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnStartIndexing">