diff --git a/client/src/pages/Admin/Settings/components/subcomponents/forms/DirectoryExclusionForm.tsx b/client/src/pages/Admin/Settings/components/subcomponents/forms/DirectoryExclusionForm.tsx
index 7458902b..c5b8da8b 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/Admin/Settings/components/subcomponents/forms/DirectoryExclusionForm.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/Admin/Settings/components/subcomponents/forms/DirectoryExclusionForm.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@ const DirectoryExclusionForm: React.FC<DirectoryExclusionFormProps> = (
   props,
 ) => {
   const [tags, setTags] = useState(
-    props.selectedRecord?.directoryExclusionList || [],
+    props.selectedRecord?.directoryExclusionList || [
+      'production',
+      'staging',
+      'group_vars',
+      'host_vars',
+      'library',
+      'module_utils',
+      'filters_plugin',
+      'roles',
+      'inventories',
+    ],
   );
 
   const validateTag = (tag: string): boolean => {