diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepoBase.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepoBase.cs
index d00216d6..75d20faa 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepoBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepoBase.cs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 
             if (args != null) {
                 foreach (string exclude_path in ExcludePaths) {
-                    if (args.FullPath.Contains (exclude_path))
+                    if (args.FullPath.Contains (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + exclude_path))
                         return;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleController.cs b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleController.cs
index be62809d..fbddb9e4 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleController.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleController.cs
@@ -63,11 +63,8 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
                 // FIXME: There are cases where the wrong repo is triggered, so
                 // we trigger all of them for now. Causes only slightly more overhead
-                foreach (SparkleRepoBase repo in Repositories) {
-                    new Thread (() => {
-                        repo.OnFileActivity (fse_args);
-                    }).Start ();
-                }
+                foreach (SparkleRepoBase repo in Repositories)
+                    new Thread (() => { repo.OnFileActivity (fse_args); }).Start ();
             };
 
         }