diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd736a4..46dec46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ Run to execute ```mvn codeql2sonar:SonarIssueReporter```
   ```
   When using on command line with __-Dcodeql2sonar.sarif.path.exclude=__ the paths can be separated by comma, e.g.
   ```
-  -Dcodeql2sonar.sarif.path.exclude=path/subdir1,path/subdir2/
+  -Dcodeql2sonar.sarif.path.excludes=path/subdir1,path/subdir2/
   ```
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/baloise/open/maven/SonarIssueReporter.java b/src/main/java/com/baloise/open/maven/SonarIssueReporter.java
index 80a8aa1..2319415 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/baloise/open/maven/SonarIssueReporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/baloise/open/maven/SonarIssueReporter.java
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ private Writer getWriter() throws IOException {
   }
 
   private void writeResult(SonarIssueMapper sonarIssueMapper, Writer writer) throws IOException {
-    final Issues mappedIssues = sonarIssueMapper.getMappedIssues(getPatternsToExclude());
+    final String[] patternsToExclude = getPatternsToExclude();
+    getLog().debug("patterns to exclude: " + Arrays.toString(patternsToExclude));
+
+    final Issues mappedIssues = sonarIssueMapper.getMappedIssues(patternsToExclude);
     getLog().info(String.format("Writing target '%s' containing %d issues.", target, mappedIssues.getResult().size()));
 
     new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create().toJson(mappedIssues, writer);