diff --git a/engine.go b/engine.go
index ca8e7cb..9c7dd3b 100644
--- a/engine.go
+++ b/engine.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"context"
 	"io/fs"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -177,5 +178,5 @@ func (e *Engine) isInvalidExtension(path string) bool {
 
 // isFileFromGitFolder check if a file is in a .git folder
 func (e *Engine) isFileFromGitFolder(path string) bool {
-	return strings.Contains(path, ".git")
+	return strings.Contains(path, ".git"+string(os.PathSeparator))
 }
diff --git a/engine_test.go b/engine_test.go
index 3cca464..8fc7f06 100644
--- a/engine_test.go
+++ b/engine_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestEngineRun(t *testing.T) {
 			projectPath:      filepath.Join("text", "examples"),
 			extensions:       []string{AcceptAnyExtension},
 			rules:            newRuleMock([]Finding{{}}, nil),
-			expectedFindings: 225,
+			expectedFindings: 237,
 			err:              false,
 		},
 		{