diff --git a/include/functions b/include/functions
index 60e213be..b88a7261 100644
--- a/include/functions
+++ b/include/functions
@@ -2310,15 +2310,20 @@
                         # Check if path is absolute or relative
                         case $VALUE in
                             /*)
-                                # Absolute path, so list files directly from that path
-                                CONF_LS=$(${LSBINARY} ${VALUE%;*} 2>/dev/null) # Will error if wildcard doesn't match anything, so pipe stderr to /dev/null
+                                # Absolute path, so wildcard pattern is already correct
+                                CONF_WILDCARD=${VALUE%;*}
                             ;;
                             *)
-                                # Relative path, so construct absolute path first to list files for
-                                CONF_LS=$(${LSBINARY} ${CONFIG_FILE%nginx.conf}${VALUE%;*} 2>/dev/null)
+                                # Relative path, so construct absolute path for wildcard pattern
+                                CONF_WILDCARD=${CONFIG_FILE%nginx.conf}${VALUE%;*}
                             ;;
                         esac
-                        for FOUND_CONF in CONF_LS; do
+                        for FOUND_CONF in ${CONF_WILDCARD}; do
+                            if [ "${FOUND_CONF}" = "${CONF_WILDCARD}" ]; then
+                                
+                                LogText "Found no match for ${CONF_WILDCARD}"
+                                break
+                            fi
                             FOUND=0
                             for CONF in ${NGINX_CONF_FILES}; do
                                 if [ "${CONF}" = "${FOUND_CONF}" ]; then FOUND=1; LogText "Found this file already in our configuration files array, not adding to queue"; fi