diff --git a/src/gitingest/ingestion.py b/src/gitingest/ingestion.py
index 375c9f9b..24b65b39 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/ingestion.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/ingestion.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from gitingest.utils.path_utils import _is_safe_symlink
 
 try:
-    import tomllib
+    import tomllib  # type: ignore[import]
 except ImportError:
     import tomli as tomllib
 
diff --git a/src/gitingest/query_parsing.py b/src/gitingest/query_parsing.py
index d2b0147e..e2b0e0cf 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/query_parsing.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/query_parsing.py
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ def _parse_patterns(pattern: Union[str, Set[str]]) -> Set[str]:
     # Remove empty string if present
     parsed_patterns = parsed_patterns - {""}
 
+    # Normalize Windows paths to Unix-style paths
+    parsed_patterns = {p.replace("\\", "/") for p in parsed_patterns}
+
     # Validate and normalize each pattern
     for p in parsed_patterns:
         if not _is_valid_pattern(p):
diff --git a/src/gitingest/utils/ingestion_utils.py b/src/gitingest/utils/ingestion_utils.py
index 4ab66849..a9a46613 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/utils/ingestion_utils.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/utils/ingestion_utils.py
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ def _should_include(path: Path, base_path: Path, include_patterns: Set[str]) ->
         return False
 
     rel_str = str(rel_path)
+    if path.is_dir():
+        rel_str += "/"
+
     for pattern in include_patterns:
         if fnmatch(rel_str, pattern):
             return True