diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 822413b9..de67d9d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Linting
+name: Lint
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from .github/workflows/ci.yml
rename to .github/workflows/test.yml
index a99ed688..8da60b37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Ruby CI
+name: Test
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -15,26 +15,14 @@ jobs:
       NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES: true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
-      matrix:
-        ruby-version:
-          - 3.1
-        experimental: [false]
-        include:
-          - ruby-version: head
-            experimental: true
-
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install libxslt and libxml2
         run: sudo apt-get install libxslt-dev libxml2-dev
-      - name: Set up Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
+      - name: Set up Ruby 3.1
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
-          ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
+          ruby-version: 3.1
           bundler-cache: true
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: bundle install
diff --git a/lib/html_proofer/configuration.rb b/lib/html_proofer/configuration.rb
index 62f00d6e..ce986322 100644
--- a/lib/html_proofer/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/html_proofer/configuration.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,17 @@ def parse_cli_options(args)
 
         section(opts, "Ignore Configuration") do
           set_option(opts, "--ignore-files [FILE1,FILE2,...]") do |long_opt_symbol, list|
-            @options[long_opt_symbol] = list.nil? ? [] : list.split(",")
+            @options[long_opt_symbol] = if list.nil?
+              []
+            else
+              list.split(",").map.each do |l|
+                if l.start_with?("/") && l.end_with?("/")
+                  Regexp.new(l[1...-1])
+                else
+                  l
+                end
+              end
+            end
           end
 
           set_option(opts, "--[no-]ignore-empty-alt") do |long_opt_symbol, arg|
@@ -285,7 +295,7 @@ module ConfigurationHelp
         check_internal_hash: ["Checks whether internal hashes exist (even if the webpage exists) (default: `true`)."],
         check_sri: ["Check that `<link>` and `<script>` external resources use SRI (default: `false`)."],
         disable_external: ["If `true`, does not run the external link checker (default: `false`)."],
-        enforce_https: ["Fails a link if it\'s not marked as `https` (default: `true`)."],
+        enforce_https: ["Fails a link if it's not marked as `https` (default: `true`)."],
         root_dir: ["The absolute path to the directory serving your html-files."],
 
         ignore_empty_alt: ["If `true`, ignores images with empty/missing ",
diff --git a/lib/html_proofer/runner.rb b/lib/html_proofer/runner.rb
index 47e2510c..ba6719a8 100644
--- a/lib/html_proofer/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/html_proofer/runner.rb
@@ -166,8 +166,14 @@ def files
 
     def ignore_file?(file)
       @options[:ignore_files].each do |pattern|
-        return true if pattern.is_a?(String) && pattern == file
-        return true if pattern.is_a?(Regexp) && pattern =~ file
+        if pattern.is_a?(String) && pattern == file
+          @logger.log(:debug, "Ignoring #{file} because it matches #{pattern}")
+          return true
+        end
+        next unless pattern.is_a?(Regexp) && pattern.match(file)
+
+        @logger.log(:debug, "Ignoring #{file} because it matches regexp #{pattern}")
+        return true
       end
 
       false
diff --git a/spec/html-proofer/command_spec.rb b/spec/html-proofer/command_spec.rb
index a490fa53..15cba4fb 100644
--- a/spec/html-proofer/command_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/html-proofer/command_spec.rb
@@ -134,12 +134,18 @@
     expect(output).to(match("failure"))
   end
 
-  it "works with ignore-files" do
+  it "works with ignore-files (string)" do
     external = File.join(FIXTURES_DIR, "links", "broken_hash_internal.html")
     output = make_bin("--ignore-files #{external} #{external}")
     expect(output).to(match("successfully"))
   end
 
+  it "works with ignore-files (regexp)" do
+    external = File.join(FIXTURES_DIR, "links", "broken_hash_internal.html")
+    output = make_bin("--ignore-files /_hash_/ #{external}")
+    expect(output).to(match("successfully"))
+  end
+
   it "works with ignore-missing-alt" do
     broken = File.join(FIXTURES_DIR, "images", "missing_image_alt.html")
     output = make_bin("--ignore-missing-alt #{broken}")
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@
 
   it "works with ignore-urls" do
     ignorable_links = File.join(FIXTURES_DIR, "links", "ignorable_links_via_options.html")
-    output = make_bin("--ignore-urls /^http:\/\//,/sdadsad/,../whaadadt.html #{ignorable_links}")
+    output = make_bin("--ignore-urls /^http:///,/sdadsad/,../whaadadt.html #{ignorable_links}")
     expect(output).to(match("successfully"))
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 9007a14c..aa8a43ff 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def capture_proofer_http(item, type, opts = {})
 end
 
 def make_bin(args)
+  ap("#{RbConfig.ruby} exe/htmlproofer #{args}") if debug?
   stdout, stderr = Open3.capture3("#{RbConfig.ruby} exe/htmlproofer #{args}")
   "#{stdout}\n#{stderr}".encode("UTF-8", invalid: :replace, undef: :replace)
 end
@@ -84,6 +85,10 @@ def make_cassette_name(file, opts)
   filename
 end
 
+def debug?
+  ENV.fetch("DEBUG", false)
+end
+
 def ci?
   ENV.fetch("CI", false)
 end