diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 374e78d..fc60541 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "find-duplicate-strings",
-	"version": "2.1.5",
+	"version": "2.1.6",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 673619d..1a952c2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "find-duplicate-strings",
-	"version": "2.1.5",
+	"version": "2.1.6",
 	"description": "Easy to use CLI that finds duplicate strings in a directory and stores them in a external file for easy reference",
 	"author": "Erwin Heitzman",
 	"homepage": "https://github.com/erwinheitzman/find-duplicate-strings/blob/master/README.md",
diff --git a/src/cli/questions/question.mocks.ts b/src/cli/questions/question.mocks.ts
index d8c6dd9..04ed415 100644
--- a/src/cli/questions/question.mocks.ts
+++ b/src/cli/questions/question.mocks.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import { Question } from './question';
 import { QuestionMap } from 'inquirer';
 
 export class QuestionMock extends Question {
-	constructor(name: string, message: string, type: keyof QuestionMap = 'input', defaultAnswer?: string) {
+	public constructor(name: string, message: string, type?: keyof QuestionMap, defaultAnswer?: string) {
 		super(name, message, type, defaultAnswer);
 	}
+
+	public async getAnswer(): Promise<string> {
+		return super.getAnswer();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/questions/question.spec.ts b/src/cli/questions/question.spec.ts
index a1bb5bb..98ff1df 100644
--- a/src/cli/questions/question.spec.ts
+++ b/src/cli/questions/question.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+import { prompt } from 'inquirer';
 import { QuestionMock } from './question.mocks';
 
 jest.mock('inquirer');
 
+const promptMock = prompt as unknown as jest.Mock;
+
 describe('Question', () => {
 	it('should have default type "input"', () => {
 		const question = new QuestionMock('foo', 'bar');
-
 		expect(question['type']).toEqual('input');
 	});
 
@@ -21,4 +23,26 @@ describe('Question', () => {
 
 		expect(question['type']).toEqual('password');
 	});
+
+	it('should set the defaultAnswer', () => {
+		const question = new QuestionMock('foo', 'bar', 'password', 'foobar');
+
+		expect(question['defaultAnswer']).toEqual('foobar');
+	});
+
+	it('should return the answer when it exists', async () => {
+		const answerData = { cookies: 'yes' };
+		promptMock.mockResolvedValue(answerData);
+		const question = new QuestionMock('cookies', 'do you want cookies?');
+		const answer = await question.getAnswer();
+		expect(answer).toEqual('yes');
+	});
+
+	it('should return undefined when it does not exist', async () => {
+		const answerData = {};
+		promptMock.mockResolvedValue(answerData);
+		const question = new QuestionMock('cookies', 'do you want cookies?');
+		const answer = await question.getAnswer();
+		expect(answer).toEqual(undefined);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/src/cli/questions/question.ts b/src/cli/questions/question.ts
index e5de155..528cf0d 100644
--- a/src/cli/questions/question.ts
+++ b/src/cli/questions/question.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export abstract class Question {
 			default: this.defaultAnswer,
 		});
 
+		console.log('answer: ', answer);
+
 		return answer[this.name];
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/scanner.spec.ts b/src/scanner.spec.ts
index 1471b01..6812f6f 100644
--- a/src/scanner.spec.ts
+++ b/src/scanner.spec.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ describe('Scanner', () => {
 		expect(scanner['exclusions']).toEqual(['one', 'two', 'three']);
 	});
 
-	it('should ask a question when exclusions are not provided', async () => {
+	it('should ask a question when exclusions are not provided and the path does not point to a file', async () => {
+		statSyncMock.mockReturnValue({ isFile: () => false, isDirectory: () => true });
 		const scanner = new Scanner({}, bottomBar, interval);
 
 		await scanner.scan();
@@ -91,13 +92,23 @@ describe('Scanner', () => {
 		expect(ExclusionsQuestion.prototype.getAnswer).toBeCalledTimes(1);
 	});
 
+	it('should not ask a question when exclusions are not provided and the path points to a file', async () => {
+		statSyncMock.mockReturnValue({ isFile: () => true, isDirectory: () => false });
+		const scanner = new Scanner({}, bottomBar, interval);
+
+		await scanner.scan();
+
+		expect(ExclusionsQuestion.prototype.getAnswer).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+	});
+
 	it('should set extensions', async () => {
 		const scanner = new Scanner({ extensions: 'one,two,three' }, bottomBar, interval);
 
 		expect(scanner['extensions']).toEqual(['one', 'two', 'three']);
 	});
 
-	it('should ask a question when extensions are not provided', async () => {
+	it('should ask a question when extensions are not provided and the path does not point to a file', async () => {
+		statSyncMock.mockReturnValue({ isFile: () => false, isDirectory: () => true });
 		const scanner = new Scanner({}, bottomBar, interval);
 
 		await scanner.scan();
@@ -105,6 +116,15 @@ describe('Scanner', () => {
 		expect(ExtensionsQuestion.prototype.getAnswer).toBeCalledTimes(1);
 	});
 
+	it('should not ask a question when extensions are not provided and the path points to a file', async () => {
+		statSyncMock.mockReturnValue({ isFile: () => true, isDirectory: () => false });
+		const scanner = new Scanner({}, bottomBar, interval);
+
+		await scanner.scan();
+
+		expect(ExtensionsQuestion.prototype.getAnswer).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+	});
+
 	it('should set a threshold when passing threshold as a number', async () => {
 		getAllMock.mockReturnValue([{ count: 5 }]);
 		const scanner = new Scanner({ threshold: 3 }, bottomBar, interval);
diff --git a/src/scanner.ts b/src/scanner.ts
index 1fd0c4e..64ffb33 100644
--- a/src/scanner.ts
+++ b/src/scanner.ts
@@ -54,12 +54,20 @@ export class Scanner {
 	public async scan(): Promise<void> {
 		const path = this.path.length ? this.path : await new PathQuestion().getAnswer();
 
-		if (!this.exclusions) {
+		const fullPath = normalize(resolve(process.cwd(), path));
+
+		if (!existsSync(fullPath)) {
+			throw new Error('Invalid path: No such directory or file.');
+		}
+
+		const lstat = statSync(fullPath);
+
+		if (!this.exclusions && lstat.isDirectory()) {
 			const answer = await new ExclusionsQuestion().getAnswer();
 			this.exclusions = Exclusions.process(answer);
 		}
 
-		if (!this.extensions) {
+		if (!this.extensions && lstat.isDirectory()) {
 			const answer = await new ExtensionsQuestion().getAnswer();
 			this.extensions = Extensions.process(answer);
 		}
@@ -96,30 +104,6 @@ export class Scanner {
 		await new Output(duplicates as Finding[], this.silent).output();
 	}
 
-	private async startScan(path: string) {
-		const fullPath = normalize(resolve(process.cwd(), path));
-
-		const noSuchDirectoryOrFileError = new Error('Invalid path: No such directory or file.');
-
-		if (!existsSync(fullPath)) {
-			throw noSuchDirectoryOrFileError;
-		}
-
-		const lstat = statSync(fullPath);
-
-		if (lstat.isFile()) {
-			await this.scanFile(fullPath);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		if (lstat.isDirectory()) {
-			await this.scanDir(fullPath);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		throw noSuchDirectoryOrFileError;
-	}
-
 	private async scanDir(path: string): Promise<void> {
 		const directory = new Directory(path, this.exclusions, this.extensions);
 		const files = directory.getFiles();
@@ -156,11 +140,14 @@ export class Scanner {
 			clearInterval(loader);
 		});
 
-		try {
-			await this.startScan(path);
-		} catch (error: any) {
-			clearLoader();
-			throw error;
+		const lstat = statSync(path);
+
+		if (lstat.isFile()) {
+			await this.scanFile(path);
+		}
+
+		if (lstat.isDirectory()) {
+			await this.scanDir(path);
 		}
 
 		clearLoader();