diff --git a/test/test.sh b/test/test.sh
index 4b0df41..6656a82 100755
--- a/test/test.sh
+++ b/test/test.sh
@@ -237,11 +237,11 @@ run_exclude_patterns_test() {
   echo "Total files: $(find /tmp/exclude-extracted/test2 -type f | wc -l)"
   
   # Check that the excluded directories don't exist in the extracted archive
-  EXCLUDED_DIRS=$(find /tmp/exclude-extracted/test2 -path "*/temp" -o -path "*/bin" | wc -l)
+  EXCLUDED_DIRS=$(find /tmp/exclude-extracted/test2 -path "*/temp/*" -o -path "*/bin/*" | wc -l)
   if [ "$EXCLUDED_DIRS" -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "SUCCESS: No temp/ or bin/ directories found in the extracted archive"
+    echo "SUCCESS: No contents of temp/ or bin/ directories found in the extracted archive"
   else
-    echo "ERROR: Found excluded directories in the extracted archive"
+    echo "ERROR: Found contents of excluded directories in the extracted archive"
     return 1
   fi