diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 7028e37..d9658db 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ int itss_config(void* facilities_s, char* config_file) {
         char pz_xml[2048];
         if (d) {
             while ((dir = readdir(d)) != NULL && i < 16) {
+                if (dir->d_name[0] == '.') continue;
                 sprintf(file, "%s/%s", pz_path, dir->d_name);
                 FILE *fp = fopen(file, "r");
                 if (!fp) continue;