diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29f0bb1c..348b9964 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "datasync-filesystem-sdk",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "description": "JavaScript filesystem SDK to query data synced via @contentstack/datasync-content-store-filesystem",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/stack.ts b/src/stack.ts
index f766f199..4ecf40bb 100755
--- a/src/stack.ts
+++ b/src/stack.ts
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ export class Stack {
   public except(fields) {
     if (fields && typeof fields === 'object' && fields instanceof Array && fields.length) {
       this.q.except = []
-      const keys = Object.keys(this.contentStore.projections)
+      const keys = Object.keys(this.contentStore.projections).filter(key => this.contentStore.projections[key] === 0)
       this.q.except = keys.concat(fields)
 
       return this
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ export class Stack {
     }
 
     if (!this.q.hasOwnProperty('except') && !this.q.hasOwnProperty('only')) {
-      const keys = Object.keys(this.contentStore.projections)
+      const keys = Object.keys(this.contentStore.projections).filter(key => this.contentStore.projections[key] === 0)
       this.q.except = keys
     }