diff --git a/src/files.ts b/src/files.ts
index b76d6905..b96759e4 100644
--- a/src/files.ts
+++ b/src/files.ts
@@ -108,10 +108,12 @@ export function parseFileIgnores(path: string): string[] {
     const f = fs.readFileSync(path, { encoding: 'utf8' });
     if (path.includes(DOTSNYK_FILENAME)) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
-      const parsed: { exclude: { code: string[]; global: string[] } } = parseYaml(f);
+      const parsed: { exclude: { code?: string[]; global?: string[] } } = parseYaml(f);
 
       const concatIgnorePath = (p: string) => `${nodePath.dirname(path)}/${p}`;
-      return [...parsed.exclude.code.map(concatIgnorePath), ...parsed.exclude.global.map(concatIgnorePath)];
+      const codeIgnoredPaths = parsed.exclude.code?.map(concatIgnorePath) || [];
+      const globalIgnoredPaths = parsed.exclude.global?.map(concatIgnorePath) || [];
+      return [...codeIgnoredPaths, ...globalIgnoredPaths];
     }
     rules = f
       .split('\n')
diff --git a/tests/files.spec.ts b/tests/files.spec.ts
index 605e5768..bf88bbfb 100644
--- a/tests/files.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/files.spec.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ describe('files', () => {
     const patterns = parseFileIgnores(`${sampleProjectPath}/.snyk`);
     expect(patterns).toEqual(bundleFileIgnores.slice(10));
   });
+  it('parse dot snyk file with only one field', () => {
+    const patterns = parseFileIgnores(`${sampleProjectPath}/exclude/.snyk`);
+    console.log(patterns);
+    expect(patterns).toEqual(bundleFileIgnores.slice(11));
+  });
 
   it('collect ignore rules', async () => {
     const ignoreRules = await collectIgnoreRules([sampleProjectPath]);
diff --git a/tests/sample-repo/exclude/.snyk b/tests/sample-repo/exclude/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b81bbeac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sample-repo/exclude/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+exclude:
+  global:
+    - excluded-folder/**
\ No newline at end of file