diff --git a/lib/spoom/cli/deadcode.rb b/lib/spoom/cli/deadcode.rb
index c5e8518c..e6d1d869 100644
--- a/lib/spoom/cli/deadcode.rb
+++ b/lib/spoom/cli/deadcode.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Deadcode < Thor
         desc: "Allowed mime types"
       option :exclude,
         type: :array,
-        default: ["vendor/", "sorbet/"],
+        default: ["vendor/", "sorbet/", "tmp/", "log/", "node_modules/"],
         aliases: :x,
         desc: "Exclude paths"
       option :show_files,
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ def deadcode(*paths)
         collector = FileCollector.new(
           allow_extensions: options[:allowed_extensions],
           allow_mime_types: options[:allowed_mime_types],
-          exclude_patterns: options[:exclude].map { |p| Pathname.new(File.join(exec_path, p, "**")).cleanpath.to_s },
+          exclude_patterns: paths.flat_map do |path|
+            options[:exclude].map { |excluded| Pathname.new(File.join(path, excluded, "**")).cleanpath.to_s }
+          end,
         )
         collector.visit_paths(paths)
         files = collector.files.sort
diff --git a/test/spoom/cli/deadcode_test.rb b/test/spoom/cli/deadcode_test.rb
index 2fdb116d..b1cb9227 100644
--- a/test/spoom/cli/deadcode_test.rb
+++ b/test/spoom/cli/deadcode_test.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,112 @@ def baz; end
         assert(result.status)
       end
 
+      def test_deadcode_from_exec_path_with_default_excludes
+        @project.write!("lib/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def foo; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("vendor/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored1; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("sorbet/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored2; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("tmp/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored3; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("log/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored4; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("node_modules/log.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored5; end
+        RUBY
+
+        result = @project.spoom("deadcode --no-color")
+        assert_equal(<<~ERR, result.err)
+          Collecting files...
+          Indexing 1 files...
+          Analyzing 1 definitions against 0 references...
+
+          Candidates:
+            foo lib/foo.rb:1:0-1:12
+
+            Found 1 dead candidates
+        ERR
+        assert_empty(result.out)
+        refute(result.status)
+      end
+
+      def test_deadcode_from_exec_path_with_custom_excludes
+        @project.write!("lib/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def foo; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("vendor/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def bar; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("tmp/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored1; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("log/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored2; end
+        RUBY
+
+        result = @project.spoom("deadcode --no-color --exclude tmp/ log/")
+        assert_equal(<<~ERR, result.err)
+          Collecting files...
+          Indexing 2 files...
+          Analyzing 2 definitions against 0 references...
+
+          Candidates:
+            bar vendor/foo.rb:1:0-1:12
+            foo lib/foo.rb:1:0-1:12
+
+            Found 2 dead candidates
+        ERR
+        assert_empty(result.out)
+        refute(result.status)
+      end
+
+      def test_deadcode_from_path_arguments_with_custom_excludes
+        @project.write!("app/lib/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def foo; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("app/vendor/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def bar; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("app/tmp/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored1; end
+        RUBY
+
+        @project.write!("app/log/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
+          def ignored2; end
+        RUBY
+
+        result = @project.spoom("deadcode --no-color app/ --exclude tmp/ log/")
+        assert_equal(<<~ERR, result.err)
+          Collecting files...
+          Indexing 2 files...
+          Analyzing 2 definitions against 0 references...
+
+          Candidates:
+            bar app/vendor/foo.rb:1:0-1:12
+            foo app/lib/foo.rb:1:0-1:12
+
+            Found 2 dead candidates
+        ERR
+        assert_empty(result.out)
+        refute(result.status)
+      end
+
       def test_deadcode_with_deadcode
         @project.write!("lib/foo.rb", <<~RUBY)
           def foo; end