diff --git a/cli/lrcli.js b/cli/lrcli.js
index a89abdf..271d763 100644
--- a/cli/lrcli.js
+++ b/cli/lrcli.js
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ let parsePluginActionArgs = (args, argdef) => {
     }
     
     for (const [argname, argconfig] of Object.entries(argdef)) {
+        if (argname == '_') {
+            continue;
+        }
         if ( ("collect" in argconfig) && (argconfig.collect === true) ) {
             plugin_args_config.collect.push(argname)
         }
diff --git a/plugins/basic-integrity/cli.js b/plugins/basic-integrity/cli.js
index 952d603..02d704d 100644
--- a/plugins/basic-integrity/cli.js
+++ b/plugins/basic-integrity/cli.js
@@ -27,17 +27,19 @@ let binToBase64 = (binary_data) => {
 
 
 let getFileIntegrity = async (path, algos) => {
-        
+    
+    var result = []
+    
+    // open the file and get some info on it
     const file = await Deno.open(
                                 path,
                                 { read: true }
                             );
     const fileInfo = await file.stat();
     
-    var result = []
-    
     // are we working with a file?
     if (fileInfo.isFile) {
+        
         //console.log(`+-- reading: ${path}`)
         
         // initialize
@@ -77,7 +79,11 @@ let getFileIntegrity = async (path, algos) => {
         }
         //console.log(`+-- file done: ${path}`)
         
+    // we are not working with a file
+    } else {
+        result = false;
     }
+    
     // putting this in a try-catch block as the file
     // is apparently being auto-closed?
     // https://issueantenna.com/repo/denoland/deno/issues/15442
@@ -114,7 +120,12 @@ let getIntegrity = async (paths, algos=["SHA-256"], output="json") => {
     
     var result = {}
     for (const p of paths) {
-        result[p] = await getFileIntegrity(p, algos)
+        // filter-out stuff we are not interested in
+        // like directories etc
+        var r = await getFileIntegrity(p, algos)
+        if (r !== false) {
+            result[p] = r
+        }
     }
     
     if (output == 'json') {
@@ -138,10 +149,8 @@ const pluginActions = {
         run: getIntegrity,
         description: "calculate subresource integrity hashes for provided files",
         arguments: {
-            path: {
-                description: "array of strings, paths to individual pieces of content",
-                collect: true,
-                string: true
+            _: {
+                description: "paths to individual pieces of content"
             },
             algorithm: {
                 description: "array of SubtleCrypto.digest-compatible algorithm names to use to calculate digests (default: \"SHA-256\")",