diff --git a/chart/templates/scanner/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/scanner/deployment.yaml
index e30bed80..27862105 100644
--- a/chart/templates/scanner/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/scanner/deployment.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: SCANNER_LIBRARY_ROOT
               value: /data
+            - name: LIBRARY_IGNORE_PATTERN
+              value: "{{ .Values.kyoo.libraryIgnorePattern }}"
             - name: KYOO_APIKEYS
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index a7ded948..2d5b74ed 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ kyoo:
   requireAccountVerification: true
   defaultPermissions: "overall.read,overall.play"
   unloggedPermissions: ""
+  libraryIgnorePattern: ".*/[dD]ownloads?/.*"
   languages: "en"
   apikey:
     existingSecret: bigsecret