diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a21221..5cc0e86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ yarn add -D doc-snippets
 - To inject a snippet:
   - `"$snippet: snippet-name"` - This gets replaced by the snippet with the given name.
 
-Currently, `doc-snippets` extracts snippets from the following file types:
-`.ts`, `.json`, `.yaml`, `.txt`, `.md`, `.graphql`, and `.cue`.
-
 Snippets are injected only into `.md` files.
 
 ### Running `doc-snippets`
@@ -45,6 +42,10 @@ doc-snippets combine ./snippets ./src/docs ./docs
 #### Options
 
 - `-i, --ignore <paths...>` - Ignore listed paths. Paths should be formatted according to the [gitignore spec 2.22.1](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore/2.22.1)
+  - By default, only `node_modules` is ignored.
+
+- `-e, --exts <exts...>` - Parse files with listed extensions
+  - By default, files with the following extensions are parsed: `.ts`, `.json`, `.yaml`, `.txt`, `.md`, `.graphql`, and `.cue`
 
 ### In your own code
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f31011..52decb5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "doc-snippets",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "Extract and inject snippets from code into markdown files",
   "author": {
     "name": "Pileks",
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index a7df7cb..7f15fc1 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,21 @@ export const run = async (argv: string[]): Promise<void> => {
     .argument("<docsDir>", "The documentation directory")
     .argument("<outputDir>", "The output directory")
     .option("-i, --ignore <paths...>", "Ignore specified paths")
+    .option("-e, --exts <exts...>", "Extensions to parse")
     .action(
       async (
         snippetsDir: string,
         docsDir: string,
         outputDir: string,
-        { ignore }
+        { ignore, exts }
       ) => {
-        await combineDocsAndSnippets(snippetsDir, docsDir, outputDir, ignore);
+        await combineDocsAndSnippets(
+          snippetsDir,
+          docsDir,
+          outputDir,
+          exts,
+          ignore
+        );
       }
     );
 
diff --git a/src/lib/combine.ts b/src/lib/combine.ts
index c0c5450..34cc6c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/combine.ts
+++ b/src/lib/combine.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export async function combineDocsAndSnippets(
   snippetsDir: string,
   docsDir: string,
   outputDir: string,
+  parseExts?: string[],
   ignorePaths?: string[]
 ): Promise<void> {
   console.log(`- Copy ${docsDir} to ${outputDir}`);
@@ -18,7 +19,10 @@ export async function combineDocsAndSnippets(
   fse.copySync(docsDir, outputDir, { overwrite: true });
 
   console.log("- Extract Snippets");
-  const snippets = await extractSnippets(snippetsDir, ignorePaths);
+  const snippets = await extractSnippets(snippetsDir, {
+    parseExts,
+    ignorePaths,
+  });
 
   console.log("- Inject Snippets");
   await injectSnippets(snippets, outputDir);
diff --git a/src/lib/defaults/defaultIgnorePaths.ts b/src/lib/defaults/defaultIgnorePaths.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d3a36e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/defaults/defaultIgnorePaths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const defaultIgnorePaths = ["node_modules"];
diff --git a/src/lib/defaults/defaultParseExts.ts b/src/lib/defaults/defaultParseExts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e139fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/defaults/defaultParseExts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export const defaultParseExts = [
+  ".ts",
+  ".json",
+  ".yaml",
+  ".txt",
+  ".md",
+  ".graphql",
+  ".cue",
+];
diff --git a/src/lib/defaults/index.ts b/src/lib/defaults/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d414fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/defaults/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from "./defaultIgnorePaths";
+export * from "./defaultParseExts";
diff --git a/src/lib/extract.ts b/src/lib/extract.ts
index 017cd14..a2ba69e 100644
--- a/src/lib/extract.ts
+++ b/src/lib/extract.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,43 @@
+import { defaultParseExts, defaultIgnorePaths } from "./defaults";
+
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
 import ignore, { Ignore } from "ignore";
 
+/**
+ * @typedef ExtractSnippetsOptions
+ * @type {object}
+ * @property {string[]} [parseExts] A list of file extensions which will be parsed for Snippets
+ * @property {string[]} [ignorePaths] A list of paths in `gitignore` format which will be ignored when parsing
+ */
+type ExtractSnippetsOptions = {
+  parseExts?: string[];
+  ignorePaths?: string[];
+};
+
 /**
  * Extract snippets from all files within a directory
- * @param {string} dir - The directory to search and extract snippets from
- * @returns
+ * @param {string} dir The directory to search and extract snippets from
+ * @param {ExtractSnippetsOptions} options Extraction options
+ * @returns {Record<string, string>} A Record containing all extracted Snippets
  */
 export async function extractSnippets(
   dir: string,
-  ignorePaths?: string[]
+  options?: ExtractSnippetsOptions
 ): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
   const snippets: Record<string, string> = {};
 
   const ignoreInstance = ignore();
 
-  if (ignorePaths) {
-    ignoreInstance.add(ignorePaths);
+  if (options?.ignorePaths) {
+    ignoreInstance.add(options.ignorePaths);
+  } else {
+    ignoreInstance.add(defaultIgnorePaths);
   }
 
-  await searchAndExtractSnippetsFromDir(snippets, dir, ignoreInstance);
+  const exts = options?.parseExts ?? defaultParseExts;
+
+  await searchAndExtractSnippetsFromDir(snippets, dir, exts, ignoreInstance);
 
   return snippets;
 }
@@ -27,16 +45,11 @@ export async function extractSnippets(
 async function searchAndExtractSnippetsFromDir(
   snippets: Record<string, string>,
   dir: string,
+  exts: string[],
   ignoreInstance: Ignore
 ) {
   const dirents = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
 
-  // Only search specific types of files
-  const exts = [".ts", ".json", ".yaml", ".txt", ".md", ".graphql", ".cue"];
-
-  // Ignore specific directories
-  const filter = ["node_modules"];
-
   const match = (str: string, tests: string[]) => {
     for (const test of tests) {
       if (str.indexOf(test) > -1) {
@@ -55,10 +68,11 @@ async function searchAndExtractSnippetsFromDir(
 
     if (dirent.isFile() && match(dirent.name, exts)) {
       await extractSnippetsFromFile(snippets, direntPath);
-    } else if (dirent.isDirectory() && !match(dirent.name, filter)) {
+    } else if (dirent.isDirectory()) {
       await searchAndExtractSnippetsFromDir(
         snippets,
         direntPath,
+        exts,
         ignoreInstance
       );
     }