diff --git a/agent/src/test/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/cli/HarvesterOptionsTest.java b/agent/src/test/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/cli/HarvesterOptionsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba2cb59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/src/test/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/cli/HarvesterOptionsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.zegelin.cassandra.exporter.cli;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.zegelin.cassandra.exporter.Harvester;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.*;
+
+public class HarvesterOptionsTest {
+    
+    static Set<String> exclusionStrings = ImmutableSet.of("test_collector", "test:mbean=foo");
+    static Set<Harvester.Exclusion> exclusions = exclusionStrings.stream()
+            .map(Harvester.Exclusion::create)
+            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+    @org.testng.annotations.Test
+    public void testSetExclusions() {
+        final HarvesterOptions harvesterOptions = new HarvesterOptions();
+
+        harvesterOptions.setExclusions(exclusionStrings);
+
+        assertEquals(harvesterOptions.exclusions, exclusions);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetExclusionsFromFile() throws IOException {
+        final Path tempFile = Files.createTempFile(null, null);
+
+        Files.write(tempFile, exclusionStrings);
+
+        final HarvesterOptions harvesterOptions = new HarvesterOptions();
+
+        harvesterOptions.setExclusions(ImmutableSet.of(String.format("@%s", tempFile)));
+
+        assertEquals(harvesterOptions.exclusions, exclusions);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/cli/HarvesterOptions.java b/common/src/main/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/cli/HarvesterOptions.java
index 580b0e4..dea9e82 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/cli/HarvesterOptions.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/zegelin/cassandra/exporter/cli/HarvesterOptions.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void setExclusions(final Set<String> values) {
                     Files.lines(file)
                             .filter(line -> !line.startsWith("#"))
                             .map(String::trim)
-                            .filter(String::isEmpty)
+                            .filter(line -> !line.isEmpty())
                             .forEach(line -> this.exclusions.add(Harvester.Exclusion.create(line)));
 
                     processedExclusionFiles.add(file);