diff --git a/src/client/client.cpp b/src/client/client.cpp
index 00ae8f6b8..17661c242 100644
--- a/src/client/client.cpp
+++ b/src/client/client.cpp
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ void Client::scanModSubfolder(const std::string &mod_name, const std::string &mo
 	std::string full_path = mod_path + DIR_DELIM + mod_subpath;
 	std::vector<fs::DirListNode> mod = fs::GetDirListing(full_path);
 	for (const fs::DirListNode &j : mod) {
+		if (j.name[0] == '.')
+			continue;
+
 		if (j.dir) {
 			scanModSubfolder(mod_name, mod_path, mod_subpath + j.name + DIR_DELIM);
 			continue;