diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2738389..3c503f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $ npm install hugo-lunr
 ```
 
 ## Options
-By default hugo-lunr will read the `content` directory of you and output the lunr index to `public/lunr.json`. If you are using the command line implementation you can pass an input directory `-i` and and output path/file `-o`.
+By default hugo-lunr will read the `content` directory of you and output the lunr index to `public/lunr.json`. If you are using the command line implementation you can pass an input directory `-i` and and output path/file `-o`. Optionally, you can exclude future ports not marked as draft with the option `-f false`.
 
 
 ## How to use hugo-lunr CLI
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var hugolunr = require('hugo-lunr');
 var h = new hugolunr();
 h.setInput('content/faq/**');
 h.setOutput('public/faq.json');
+h.setIncludeFuture(false); // Optional. Default true.
 h.index();
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index eaf7f44..8b8f1b4 100755
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -22,14 +22,20 @@ function HugoLunr(input, output){
 	this.input = 'content/**';
 	this.output = 'public/lunr.json';
 
- 	if(process.argv.indexOf("-o") != -1){ //does output flag exist?
+ 	if (process.argv.indexOf("-o") != -1){ //does output flag exist?
 		this.setOutput(process.argv[process.argv.indexOf("-o") + 1]); //grab the next item
 	}
 
-	if(process.argv.indexOf("-i") != -1){ //does input flag exist?
+	if (process.argv.indexOf("-i") != -1){ //does input flag exist?
 	    this.setInput(process.argv[process.argv.indexOf("-i") + 1]); //grab the next item
 	}
 
+	var includeFuture = true;
+	if (process.argv.indexOf("-f") != -1){ //does input flag exist?
+		includeFuture = process.argv[process.argv.indexOf("-i") + 1] == "true";
+	}
+	this.setIncludeFuture(includeFuture);
+
 	this.baseDir = path.dirname(this.input);
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +47,10 @@ HugoLunr.prototype.setOutput = function(output) {
 	this.output = output;
 }
 
+HugoLunr.prototype.setIncludeFuture = function(includeFuture) {
+	this.includeFuture = includeFuture;
+}
+
 HugoLunr.prototype.index = function(input, output){
 	var self = this;
 
@@ -81,6 +91,14 @@ HugoLunr.prototype.readFile = function(filePath){
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!self.includeFuture && meta.data.date !== undefined) {
+		var contentDate = new Date(meta.data.date)
+		var currentDate = new Date();
+		if (contentDate > currentDate) {
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (ext == '.md'){
 		var plainText = removeMd(meta.content);
 	} else {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9262462..25a5f17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hugo-lunr",
-  "version": "0.0.3",
+  "version": "0.0.4",
   "description": "create lunr index file for hugo static site search",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
     "hugo-lunr": "bin/index.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "bin/index.js ",
-    "test-args": "bin/index.js -i \"content/**\" -o public/output.json",
-    "test-api": "bin/api.js"
+    "test": "node bin/index.js",
+    "test-args": "node bin/index.js -i \"content/**\" -o public/output.json",
+    "test-api": "node bin/api.js"
   },
   "author": "Derrick Grigg <derrick@dgrigg.com> (http://dgrigg.com)",
   "license": "ISC",
@@ -26,5 +26,3 @@
     "toml": "^2.3.0"
   }
 }
-
-