diff --git a/internal/pkg/preprocessor/exclusion.go b/internal/pkg/preprocessor/exclusion.go
index 7356995f..86d9bc26 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/preprocessor/exclusion.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/preprocessor/exclusion.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package preprocessor
 
 import (
-	"github.com/internetarchive/Zeno/internal/pkg/config"
+	"regexp"
+
 	"github.com/internetarchive/Zeno/pkg/models"
 )
 
-func matchRegexExclusion(item *models.Item) bool {
-	for _, exclusion := range config.Get().ExclusionRegexes {
+func matchRegexExclusion(ExclusionRegexes []*regexp.Regexp, item *models.Item) bool {
+	for _, exclusion := range ExclusionRegexes {
 		if exclusion.MatchString(item.GetURL().String()) {
 			return true
 		}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/preprocessor/exclusion_test.go b/internal/pkg/preprocessor/exclusion_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93cda19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/preprocessor/exclusion_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package preprocessor
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/internetarchive/Zeno/pkg/models"
+)
+
+func TestMatchRegexExclusion(t *testing.T) {
+	exclusionRegex :=  []string{
+		`(?i)^https?://(www\.)?archive-it\.org.*`,
+		`(?i)^https?://(www\.)?x\.com.*`,
+		`^https?://127\.0\.`,
+		`^https?://192\.168\.`,
+		`(?i)https?://[^/]+/wp-admin/`,
+		`(?i)^(mailto|sms|tel|data|javascript):`,
+		}
+	var regexps []*regexp.Regexp
+	for _, r := range exclusionRegex {
+		re, err := regexp.Compile(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to compile regex %q: %v", r, err)
+		}
+		regexps = append(regexps, re)
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name            string
+		itemURL         string
+		expectedMatched bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:            "Match localhost IP",
+			itemURL:         "http://127.0.0.1/details/testitem",
+			expectedMatched: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "Match x.com post with HTTP",
+			itemURL:         "HTTPS://x.com:/loukoumi07/status/1922747849671934061",
+			expectedMatched: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "Match foo.com wp-admin",
+			itemURL:         "https://foo.com/wp-admin/something",
+			expectedMatched: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "Match mailto: uppercase link",
+			itemURL:         "MAILTO:someone@foo.com",
+			expectedMatched: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "Match tel: link",
+			itemURL:         "tel:0090567854",
+			expectedMatched: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "No match",
+			itemURL:         "https://archive.org/details/testitem",
+			expectedMatched: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "No match",
+			itemURL:         "https://something.org/details/wp-admintestitem",
+			expectedMatched: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			parsedURL := &models.URL{Raw: tt.itemURL}
+			parsedURL.Parse()
+			item := models.NewItem(uuid.New().String(), parsedURL, "")
+			got := matchRegexExclusion(regexps, item)
+			if got != tt.expectedMatched {
+				t.Errorf("Expected match: %v, got: %v", tt.expectedMatched, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/preprocessor/preprocessor.go b/internal/pkg/preprocessor/preprocessor.go
index 8e6cb718..68c38db4 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/preprocessor/preprocessor.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/preprocessor/preprocessor.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func preprocess(workerID string, seed *models.Item) {
 		// Apply exclusion filters even if it passed inclusion
 		if utils.StringContainsSliceElements(items[i].GetURL().GetParsed().Host, config.Get().ExcludeHosts) ||
 			utils.StringContainsSliceElements(items[i].GetURL().String(), config.Get().ExcludeString) ||
-			matchRegexExclusion(items[i]) {
+			matchRegexExclusion(config.Get().ExclusionRegexes, items[i]) {
 
 			logger.Debug("URL excluded (matches exclusion filters)",
 				"item_id", items[i].GetShortID(),