diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62f9457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7fdb21..cc89e00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Run `cost-of-modules` in the directory you are working in.
 
 `--include-dev`  Include devDependencies as well - for 🚀 collaborator experience
 
+`--exclude`  Exclude specific packages from the calculation. Provide a comma-separated list of packages, for example: `--exclude=package1,package2`
+
 #### Show your support
 
 :star: this repo
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d84e445..e3a46b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "build-test": "babel test/src -d test/dist",
     "test": "npm run build && npm run build-test && npm run ava",
     "ava": "ava test/dist/*.js -s --no-cache",
-    "precommit": "lint-staged"
+    "precommit": "lint-staged",
+    "prettier": "prettier --write --single-quote --no-semi --trailing-comma es5"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@
     "babel-cli": "6.18.0",
     "babel-preset-env": "^1.4.0",
     "husky": "0.13.3",
-    "lint-staged": "3.4.0"
+    "lint-staged": "3.4.0",
+    "prettier": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "babel": {
     "presets": [
diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
index af4af4f..5736d35 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const path = require('path')
 */
 let productionModifier = '--production'
 
-let setup = includeDev => {
+let setup = (includeDev) => {
   console.log()
 
   if (argv.includeDev || includeDev) productionModifier = ''
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ let getRootDependencies = () => {
 
 /* to fix the missing du problem on windows */
 
-let dirSize = root => {
+let dirSize = (root) => {
   let out = 0
   let getDirSizeRecursively
-  ;(getDirSizeRecursively = rootLocal => {
+  ;(getDirSizeRecursively = (rootLocal) => {
     let itemStats = fs.lstatSync(rootLocal)
     if (itemStats.isDirectory()) {
       let allSubs = fs.readdirSync(rootLocal)
-      allSubs.forEach(file => {
+      allSubs.forEach((file) => {
         getDirSizeRecursively(path.join(rootLocal, file))
       })
     } else {
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ let dirSize = root => {
 /*
     Get scoped modules
 */
-let getScopedModules = scope => {
+let getScopedModules = (scope) => {
   let modules = {}
   let allScopes = fs.readdirSync(path.join('node_modules', scope))
-  allScopes.forEach(name => {
+  allScopes.forEach((name) => {
     let itemStats = fs.lstatSync(path.join('node_modules', scope, name))
     if (itemStats.isDirectory()) {
       let size = dirSize(path.join('node_modules', scope, name))
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ let getScopedModules = scope => {
 let getSizeForNodeModules = () => {
   let modules = {}
   let allModules = fs.readdirSync('node_modules')
-  allModules.forEach(name => {
+  allModules.forEach((name) => {
     let itemStats = fs.lstatSync(path.join('node_modules', name))
     if (itemStats.isDirectory()) {
       if (name && name[0] === '@') {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ let getDependenciesRecursively = (modules = [], tree) => {
         children: [a, b, c, d]
     }]
 */
-let attachNestedDependencies = rootDependencies => {
+let attachNestedDependencies = (rootDependencies) => {
   let flatDependencies = []
   let dependencyTree = getDependencyTree()
   for (let i = 0; i < rootDependencies.length; i++) {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ let attachNestedDependencies = rootDependencies => {
     Root dependencies +  all their children
     Deduplicate
 */
-let getAllDependencies = flatDependencies => {
+let getAllDependencies = (flatDependencies) => {
   let allDependencies = []
   for (let i = 0; i < flatDependencies.length; i++) {
     let dep = flatDependencies[i]
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ const teardown = () => {
   }
 }
 
+let getParsedArguments = () => {
+  return argv
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   setup,
   getSizeForNodeModules,
@@ -257,4 +261,5 @@ module.exports = {
   getAllDependencies,
   displayResults,
   teardown,
+  getParsedArguments,
 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 405cadf..a481af9 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ console.log()
 */
 const moduleSizes = helpers.getSizeForNodeModules()
 
+// Get command line arguments
+const argv = helpers.getParsedArguments()
+
+// Get the packages to be excluded
+const excludePackages = argv.exclude ? argv.exclude.split(",") : [];
+
 /*
     Get root dependencies from tree
     These are the ones declared as dependendies in package.json
@@ -31,7 +37,10 @@ let rootDependencies = helpers.getRootDependencies()
         children: [a, b, c, d]
     }]
 */
-let flatDependencies = helpers.attachNestedDependencies(rootDependencies)
+let flatDependencies = helpers.attachNestedDependencies(rootDependencies).filter((dep) => {
+    // Exclude the packages specified by the 'exclude' flag
+    return !excludePackages.includes(dep.name);
+  })
 
 /*
     Modules actual size = size of the module + size of it's children