diff --git a/shells/aliases b/shells/aliases
index e8b5d754..5abdd719 100644
--- a/shells/aliases
+++ b/shells/aliases
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # These alow me to easily set the file and folder permissions for a wordpress instilation.
-alias folder-perms='find . -type d -not -path "./.git/*" -not -path "./.git" -not -perm 775 -exec chmod 775 {} \;'
-alias file-perms='find . -type f -not -path "./.git/*" -not -path "./.git" -not -perm 664 -exec chmod 664 {} \;'
+alias folder-perms='find . -type d -not -path "./.git/*" -not -path "./.git" -not -path "./node_modules/*" -not -path "./node_modules" -not -perm 775 -exec chmod 775 {} \;'
+alias file-perms='find . -type f -not -path "./.git/*" -not -path "./.git" -not -path "./node_modules/*" -not -path "./node_modules" -not -perm 664 -exec chmod 664 {} \;'
 alias wp-perms='folder-perms; file-perms'
 alias magentoPerms='cd ${PWD%/public_html*}/public_html;sudo chown -R jonathan:http .; folder-perms; file-perms; chmod +x bin/*; cd -'
 alias upgr='magento setup:upgrade && magento setup:di:compile && magentoPerms'