diff --git a/fqcn-fixer.py b/fqcn-fixer.py
index dcbbcd7..52a84d4 100755
--- a/fqcn-fixer.py
+++ b/fqcn-fixer.py
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ def isexcluded(path, _exclude_paths):
 
 # build exclude_paths
 exclude_paths = []
-for ep in args.exclude_paths + [".cache", ".git", ".hg", ".svn", ".tox", args.fqcnmapfile]:
+for ep in args.exclude_paths:
+    exclude_paths.append(os.path.abspath(ep))
+# some deafaults to exclude
+for ep in [".cache", ".git", ".hg", ".svn", ".tox", ".collections", args.fqcnmapfile]:
     exclude_paths.append(os.path.abspath(ep))
 
 # update some args from optional config file