diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3bc997d..fad1f2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Change Logs
 
+## v1.1.11
+
+ - fix bug: `srcdir` contain keywrods that are filtered out, making a empty lib folder.
+   - 1.1.10 patched `srcdir` however the result still get blocked by filter rules of `copySync`.
+
+
 ## v1.1.10
 
  - fix bug: `srcdir` contain keywrods that are filtered out, making a empty lib folder.
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index 6ec8984..e601ef5 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ cmds['default'] = {
             fsExtra.copySync(srcdir, desdir, {
               dereference: true,
               filter: function(it){
-                return !/.+\/node_modules|\/\.git/.exec(it);
+                return !/.+[^.]\/node_modules|\/\.git/.exec(it);
               }
             });
           }
diff --git a/lib/main.ls b/lib/main.ls
index 701fd21..d2df040 100644
--- a/lib/main.ls
+++ b/lib/main.ls
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ cmds.default =
           else
             fs-extra.copy-sync(
               srcdir, desdir,
-              {dereference: true, filter: -> !/.+\/node_modules|\/\.git/.exec(it)}
+              # for parent node_modules, there will always be a dot before `node_modules`.
+              # but we want to remove files under `node_modules` inside srcdir,
+              # which will be `/[^.]/node_modules`
+              {dereference: true, filter: -> !/.+[^.]\/node_modules|\/\.git/.exec(it)}
             )
 
         p = Promise.resolve!then -> console.log " -- #srcdir -> #desdir "
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 526486d..4ea0200 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "fedep",
-  "version": "1.1.10",
+  "version": "1.1.11",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "fedep",
-      "version": "1.1.10",
+      "version": "1.1.11",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@plotdb/colors": "^0.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b44937..11c4a31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "cli.js"
   ],
   "description": "Frontend dependency installer",
-  "version": "1.1.10",
+  "version": "1.1.11",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/plotdb/fedep",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",