diff --git a/class/class-wp-scss.php b/class/class-wp-scss.php
index e39c78e..d9af2d0 100644
--- a/class/class-wp-scss.php
+++ b/class/class-wp-scss.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public function needs_compiling() {
       $latest_scss = 0;
       $latest_css = 0;
 
-      foreach ( new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->scss_dir)) as $sfile ) {
+      foreach ( new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->scss_dir), FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS) as $sfile ) {
         if (pathinfo($sfile->getFilename(), PATHINFO_EXTENSION) == 'scss') {
           $file_time = $sfile->getMTime();
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public function needs_compiling() {
         }
       }
 
-      foreach ( new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->css_dir)) as $cfile ) {
+      foreach ( new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->css_dir), FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS) as $cfile ) {
         if (pathinfo($cfile->getFilename(), PATHINFO_EXTENSION) == 'css') {
           $file_time = $cfile->getMTime();