diff --git a/src/sync.rs b/src/sync.rs
index 2eaea8a..c0b2414 100644
--- a/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src/sync.rs
@@ -122,14 +122,91 @@ pub enum FileTransferResult {
     DryRunTransferred { size: u64 },
 }
 
-/// Prüft, ob ein Dateiname oder Pfad einem der Ausschlussmuster entspricht.
+/// Einfacher, effizienter Glob-Matcher ohne externe Abhängigkeiten (unterstützt `*`, `**` und `?`).
+pub fn glob_match(pattern: &str, text: &str) -> bool {
+    glob_match_slice(pattern.as_bytes(), text.as_bytes())
+}
+
+fn glob_match_slice(pat: &[u8], text: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    if pat.is_empty() {
+        return text.is_empty();
+    }
+
+    // Double-Star '**': Entspricht 0 oder mehr beliebigen Zeichen inklusive Verzeichnistrenner
+    if pat.starts_with(b"**") {
+        let rest_pat = if pat.len() > 2 && pat[2] == b'/' {
+            &pat[3..]
+        } else {
+            &pat[2..]
+        };
+        if rest_pat.is_empty() {
+            return true;
+        }
+        for i in 0..=text.len() {
+            if glob_match_slice(rest_pat, &text[i..]) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Single-Star '*': Entspricht 0 oder mehr Zeichen innerhalb desselben Pfadsegments (stoppt an '/')
+    if pat[0] == b'*' {
+        let rest_pat = &pat[1..];
+        for i in 0..=text.len() {
+            if i > 0 && (text[i - 1] == b'/' || text[i - 1] == b'\\') {
+                break;
+            }
+            if glob_match_slice(rest_pat, &text[i..]) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if text.is_empty() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Question mark '?': Einzelzeichen-Platzhalter (außer Pfadtrenner)
+    if pat[0] == b'?' {
+        if text[0] == b'/' || text[0] == b'\\' {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return glob_match_slice(&pat[1..], &text[1..]);
+    }
+
+    if pat[0] == text[0] {
+        return glob_match_slice(&pat[1..], &text[1..]);
+    }
+
+    false
+}
+
+/// Prüft, ob ein Dateiname oder Pfad einem der Ausschlussmuster entspricht (S-08).
+///
+/// Unterstützte Musterformate:
+/// 1. Anti-Leak Shield: OS- und Explorer-Metadaten (z. B. Thumbs.db, .DS_Store) werden stets ausgeschlossen.
+/// 2. Glob-Muster mit Wildcards:
+///    - `*.ext`: Schließt alle Dateien mit dieser Endung im gesamten Baum aus (z. B. `*.tmp`, `*.bak`).
+///    - `prefix*`: Schließt alle Dateien aus, deren Name mit dem Präfix beginnt (z. B. `temp_*`, `backup*`).
+///    - `*middle*`: Schließt Dateien/Pfade aus, die die Zeichenkette enthalten.
+///    - `?`: Einzelzeichen-Platzhalter (z. B. `file?.txt`).
+/// 3. Verzeichnis-Ausschlüsse:
+///    - `dirname/` oder `dirname`: Schließt das Verzeichnis und alle darin enthaltenen Dateien/Unterordner aus.
+///    - `/path/to/dir`: Verankert den Ausschluss relativ zum Synchronisations-Wurzelverzeichnis.
+/// 4. Pfadspezifische Muster:
+///    - `build/*.bin`: Schließt `.bin`-Dateien im Ordner `build` aus.
 pub fn is_excluded(name: &str, rel_path: &str, patterns: &[String]) -> bool {
     // 1. Anti-Leak Shield: Typische Explorer- und OS-Metadaten immer ausschließen
     if is_leak_file(name) {
         return true;
     }
 
-    let norm_rel = rel_path.replace('\\', "/");
+    let norm_rel = rel_path
+        .replace('\\', "/")
+        .trim_start_matches('/')
+        .to_ascii_lowercase();
     let norm_name = name.to_ascii_lowercase();
 
     for pat in patterns {
@@ -138,32 +215,44 @@ pub fn is_excluded(name: &str, rel_path: &str, patterns: &[String]) -> bool {
             continue;
         }
 
-        // Wildcard-Muster: *.ext
-        if p.starts_with("*.") {
-            let ext = &p[1..].to_ascii_lowercase();
-            if norm_name.ends_with(ext) || norm_rel.to_ascii_lowercase().ends_with(ext) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        // Wildcard-Muster: prefix*
-        else if p.ends_with('*') && !p[..p.len() - 1].contains('*') {
-            let prefix = p[..p.len() - 1].to_ascii_lowercase();
-            if norm_name.starts_with(&prefix) || norm_rel.to_ascii_lowercase().starts_with(&prefix)
+        let p_norm = p.replace('\\', "/").to_ascii_lowercase();
+
+        // Verzeichnis-Ausschluss mit nachgestelltem Slash (z. B. "logs/" oder "build/temp/")
+        if p_norm.ends_with('/') {
+            let dir_prefix = p_norm.trim_matches('/');
+            if norm_rel == dir_prefix
+                || norm_rel.starts_with(&format!("{}/", dir_prefix))
+                || norm_rel.contains(&format!("/{}/", dir_prefix))
             {
                 return true;
             }
         }
-        // Exakter Name oder Teilpfad
-        else {
-            let p_lower = p.to_ascii_lowercase();
-            if norm_name == p_lower {
+
+        // Muster mit Pfadtrennzeichen (relativ verankert oder spezifischer Unterpfad, z. B. "/logs", "sub/*.txt")
+        if p_norm.contains('/') {
+            let p_clean = p_norm.trim_start_matches('/');
+            if glob_match(p_clean, &norm_rel) {
                 return true;
             }
-            if norm_rel.trim_start_matches('/').to_ascii_lowercase()
-                == p_lower.trim_start_matches('/')
+            // Wenn p_clean ein Verzeichnis ohne Wildcards ist, auch alle Unterpfade erfassen
+            if !p_clean.contains('*') && !p_clean.contains('?')
+                && (norm_rel == p_clean || norm_rel.starts_with(&format!("{}/", p_clean)))
             {
                 return true;
             }
+        } else {
+            // Reines Dateinamen- oder Segment-Muster ohne '/' (z. B. "*.tmp", "temp_*", "node_modules")
+            if glob_match(&p_norm, &norm_name) || glob_match(&p_norm, &norm_rel) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            // Wenn p_norm ein exakter Ordnername ist (z. B. "node_modules", ".git"), alle Pfade mit diesem Segment erfassen
+            if !p_norm.contains('*') && !p_norm.contains('?') {
+                for seg in norm_rel.split('/') {
+                    if seg == p_norm {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -1230,6 +1319,20 @@ fn delete_orphans_on_host(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_glob_match() {
+        assert!(glob_match("*.txt", "hello.txt"));
+        assert!(glob_match("*.txt", ".txt"));
+        assert!(!glob_match("*.txt", "hello.doc"));
+        assert!(glob_match("temp_*", "temp_file.dat"));
+        assert!(!glob_match("temp_*", "other_temp_file.dat"));
+        assert!(glob_match("build/*.bin", "build/app.bin"));
+        assert!(!glob_match("build/*.bin", "build/debug/app.bin"));
+        assert!(glob_match("file?.txt", "file1.txt"));
+        assert!(!glob_match("file?.txt", "file12.txt"));
+        assert!(glob_match("*test*", "my_test_case"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_is_excluded_patterns() {
         let patterns = vec![
@@ -1238,6 +1341,10 @@ mod tests {
             "Thumbs.db".to_string(),
             "backup_*".to_string(),
             "/logs".to_string(),
+            "target/".to_string(),
+            "node_modules".to_string(),
+            "build/*.bin".to_string(),
+            "file?.doc".to_string(),
         ];
 
         assert!(is_excluded("file.tmp", "sub/file.tmp", &patterns));
@@ -1248,11 +1355,29 @@ mod tests {
         ));
         assert!(is_excluded("Thumbs.db", "Thumbs.db", &patterns));
         assert!(is_excluded("backup_2026.tar", "backup_2026.tar", &patterns));
+        assert!(is_excluded("app.log", "logs/app.log", &patterns));
+        assert!(is_excluded("deep.log", "logs/sub/deep.log", &patterns));
+        assert!(is_excluded("cache.bin", "target/cache.bin", &patterns));
+        assert!(is_excluded(
+            "package.json",
+            "node_modules/pkg/package.json",
+            &patterns
+        ));
+        assert!(is_excluded(
+            "package.json",
+            "client/node_modules/pkg/package.json",
+            &patterns
+        ));
+        assert!(is_excluded("app.bin", "build/app.bin", &patterns));
+        assert!(is_excluded("file1.doc", "sub/file1.doc", &patterns));
+
+        assert!(!is_excluded("file12.doc", "sub/file12.doc", &patterns));
         assert!(!is_excluded(
             "important.doc",
             "sub/important.doc",
             &patterns
         ));
         assert!(!is_excluded("video.mp4", "video.mp4", &patterns));
+        assert!(!is_excluded("app.bin", "other/app.bin", &patterns));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/sync_test.rs b/tests/sync_test.rs
index f0a6d81..84b4e31 100644
--- a/tests/sync_test.rs
+++ b/tests/sync_test.rs
@@ -985,3 +985,82 @@ fn test_s07_skip_invalid_windows_filenames_push_and_pull() {
     }
     let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&temp_root);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_s08_refined_glob_and_directory_exclusions() {
+    let temp_root =
+        std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("sanctum_s08_test_{}", rand::random::<u64>()));
+    let container_path = temp_root.join("s08.sanctum");
+    let source_dir = temp_root.join("source");
+    let restore_dir = temp_root.join("restore");
+
+    fs::create_dir_all(&source_dir).unwrap();
+    fs::create_dir_all(source_dir.join("build")).unwrap();
+    fs::create_dir_all(source_dir.join("logs")).unwrap();
+    fs::create_dir_all(source_dir.join("node_modules").join("dep")).unwrap();
+    fs::create_dir_all(&restore_dir).unwrap();
+
+    let (db, dek) = create_test_container(&container_path);
+
+    // Dateien anlegen
+    fs::write(source_dir.join("main.rs"), b"fn main() {}").unwrap();
+    fs::write(source_dir.join("temp_1.tmp"), b"junk 1").unwrap();
+    fs::write(source_dir.join("build").join("output.bin"), b"binary").unwrap();
+    fs::write(source_dir.join("build").join("notes.txt"), b"keep notes").unwrap();
+    fs::write(source_dir.join("logs").join("sync.log"), b"log data").unwrap();
+    fs::write(
+        source_dir.join("node_modules").join("dep").join("lib.js"),
+        b"module code",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let mut opts = SyncOptions::default();
+    opts.direction = SyncDirection::Push;
+    opts.quiet = true;
+    opts.exclude_patterns = vec![
+        "*.tmp".to_string(),
+        "build/*.bin".to_string(),
+        "logs/".to_string(),
+        "node_modules".to_string(),
+    ];
+
+    // 1. Push
+    let push_stats = run_sync(
+        &db,
+        0,
+        &dek,
+        FORMAT_VERSION,
+        source_dir.to_str().unwrap(),
+        "/",
+        &opts,
+    )
+    .expect("Push sync with refined glob exclusions");
+
+    // Übertragen werden dürfen nur: main.rs und build/notes.txt (2 Dateien)
+    // Ausgeschlossen: temp_1.tmp (*.tmp), build/output.bin (build/*.bin), logs/sync.log (logs/), node_modules/dep/lib.js (node_modules)
+    assert_eq!(push_stats.files_transferred, 2);
+
+    // 2. Pull
+    opts.direction = SyncDirection::Pull;
+    let pull_stats = run_sync(
+        &db,
+        0,
+        &dek,
+        FORMAT_VERSION,
+        "/",
+        restore_dir.to_str().unwrap(),
+        &opts,
+    )
+    .expect("Pull sync with refined glob exclusions");
+
+    assert_eq!(pull_stats.files_transferred, 2);
+    assert!(restore_dir.join("main.rs").exists());
+    assert!(restore_dir.join("build").join("notes.txt").exists());
+    assert!(!restore_dir.join("temp_1.tmp").exists());
+    assert!(!restore_dir.join("build").join("output.bin").exists());
+    assert!(!restore_dir.join("logs").join("sync.log").exists());
+    assert!(!restore_dir.join("node_modules").exists());
+
+    let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&temp_root);
+}
+