diff --git a/Modules/Media/Tests/MaxFolderSizeRuleTest.php b/Modules/Media/Tests/MaxFolderSizeRuleTest.php
index d81317439..feb487692 100644
--- a/Modules/Media/Tests/MaxFolderSizeRuleTest.php
+++ b/Modules/Media/Tests/MaxFolderSizeRuleTest.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public function test_it_creates_instance_of_folder_size_validator()
     /** @test */
     public function it_validates_max_folder_size_is_valid()
     {
-        $this->app['config']->set('asgard.media.config.max-total-size', 10000); // Mocked folder size: 480; Mocked image: ~8192
+        $this->app['config']->set('asgard.media.config.max-total-size', 1000); // Mocked folder size: 510
 
         $validator = $this->buildValidator(UploadedFile::fake()->image('avatar.jpg'));
         $this->assertTrue($validator->passes());
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public function it_validates_max_folder_size_is_valid()
     /** @test */
     public function it_validates_max_folder_size_is_invalid()
     {
-        $this->app['config']->set('asgard.media.config.max-total-size', 100);
+        $this->app['config']->set('asgard.media.config.max-total-size', 50); // Mocked folder size: 510
 
         $validator = $this->buildValidator(UploadedFile::fake()->image('avatar.jpg'));
         $this->assertFalse($validator->passes());
diff --git a/Modules/Media/Validators/MaxFolderSizeRule.php b/Modules/Media/Validators/MaxFolderSizeRule.php
index d3fa71d77..4428c6664 100644
--- a/Modules/Media/Validators/MaxFolderSizeRule.php
+++ b/Modules/Media/Validators/MaxFolderSizeRule.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule;
 use RecursiveDirectoryIterator;
 use RecursiveIteratorIterator;
+use FilesystemIterator;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile;
 
 class MaxFolderSizeRule implements Rule
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public function message()
     public function getDirSize($directory) : int
     {
         $size = 0;
-        foreach (new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory)) as $file) {
+        foreach (new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory,FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS)) as $file) {
             $size += $file->getSize();
         }