diff --git a/mkdocs_git_authors_plugin/plugin.py b/mkdocs_git_authors_plugin/plugin.py
index 5a04335..6e229f0 100644
--- a/mkdocs_git_authors_plugin/plugin.py
+++ b/mkdocs_git_authors_plugin/plugin.py
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ def on_files(self, files, config, **kwargs):
             return
         
         for file in files:
+
+            # Exclude pages specified in config
+            excluded_pages = self.config.get("exclude", [])
+            if exclude(file.src_path, excluded_pages):
+                continue
+            
             path = file.abs_src_path
             if path.endswith(".md"):
                 _ = self.repo().page(path)
@@ -130,7 +136,6 @@ def on_page_content(self, html, page, config, files, **kwargs):
         # Exclude pages specified in config
         excluded_pages = self.config.get("exclude", [])
         if exclude(page.file.src_path, excluded_pages):
-            logging.debug("on_page_html, Excluding page " + page.file.src_path)
             return html
 
         list_pattern = re.compile(
@@ -169,7 +174,6 @@ def on_page_markdown(self, markdown, page, config, files, **kwargs):
         # Exclude pages specified in config
         excluded_pages = self.config.get("exclude", [])
         if exclude(page.file.src_path, excluded_pages):
-            logging.debug("on_page_markdown, Excluding page " + page.file.src_path)
             return markdown
 
         pattern_authors_summary = re.compile(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 741be1a..a213317 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="mkdocs-git-authors-plugin",
-    version="0.6",
+    version="0.6.1",
     description="Mkdocs plugin to display git authors of a page",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",