diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c625294..de0155c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "babel-register": "^6.24.1",
     "chai": "^4.0.2",
     "cross-env": "^3.0.0",
+    "element-matches": "^0.1.2",
     "karma": "^1.7.0",
     "karma-mocha": "^1.3.0",
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "^1.0.4",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 1805a22..23f2ea1 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'element-matches';
+
 let ShortKey = {}
 let mapFunctions = {}
 let objAvoided = []
@@ -159,30 +161,10 @@ const mappingFunctions = ({b, push, once, focus, el}) => {
 const filteringElement = (pKey) => {
   const decodedKey = ShortKey.decodeKey(pKey)
   const objectAvoid = objAvoided.find(r => r === document.activeElement)
-  const elementSeparate = checkElementType()
-  const elementTypeAvoid = elementSeparate.avoidedTypes
-  const elementClassAvoid = elementSeparate.avoidedClasses
-  const filterTypeAvoid = elementTypeAvoid.find(r => document.activeElement && r === document.activeElement.tagName.toLowerCase())
-  const filterClassAvoid = elementClassAvoid.find(r => document.activeElement && r === '.' + document.activeElement.className.toLowerCase())
-  return !objectAvoid && mapFunctions[decodedKey] && !filterTypeAvoid && !filterClassAvoid
-}
-
-const checkElementType = () => {
-  let elmTypeAvoid = []
-  let elmClassAvoid = []
-  elementAvoided.forEach(r => {
-    const dotPosition = r.indexOf('.')
-    if (dotPosition === 0) {
-      elmClassAvoid.push(r)
-    } else if (dotPosition > 0) {
-      elmTypeAvoid.push(r.split('.')[0])
-      elmClassAvoid.push('.' + r.split('.')[1])
-    } else {
-      elmTypeAvoid.push(r)
-    }
-  })
 
-  return {avoidedTypes: elmTypeAvoid, avoidedClasses: elmClassAvoid}
+  // check if the element gets matched by at least one selector in the prevent list
+  const filterAvoid = elementAvoided.find(selector => document.activeElement && document.activeElement.matches(selector))
+  return !objectAvoid && mapFunctions[decodedKey] && !filterAvoid
 }
 
 if (typeof module != 'undefined' && module.exports) {
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index dea3343..cc7d5fd 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Shortkey from '../src/index.js'
 
 find.shim()
 
-Vue.use(Shortkey)
+Vue.use(Shortkey, { prevent: ['.disableshortkey', '.disableshortkey textarea'] })
 const VM = template => new Vue({
   template,
   data() {
@@ -172,6 +172,86 @@ describe('functionnal tests', () => {
       vm.$destroy()
     })
 
+    it('does not trigger events when its class is in the prevent list', () => {
+      const vm = new VM('<div @shortkey="foo" v-shortkey="[\'b\']"><textarea class="disableshortkey"></textarea></div>')
+      vm.$mount(createDiv())
+
+      const textarea = vm.$el.querySelector('textarea')
+      textarea.focus()
+      expect(document.activeElement == textarea).to.be.true
+
+      const keydown = createEvent('keydown')
+      keydown.key = 'b'
+      document.dispatchEvent(keydown)
+
+      const keyup = createEvent('keyup')
+      keyup.key = 'b'
+      document.dispatchEvent(keyup)
+
+      expect(vm.called).to.be.false
+      vm.$destroy()
+    })
+
+    it('does not trigger events when one of its classes is in the prevent list', () => {
+      const vm = new VM('<div @shortkey="foo" v-shortkey="[\'b\']"><textarea class="disableshortkey stylingclass"></textarea></div>')
+      vm.$mount(createDiv())
+
+      const textarea = vm.$el.querySelector('textarea')
+      textarea.focus()
+      expect(document.activeElement == textarea).to.be.true
+
+      const keydown = createEvent('keydown')
+      keydown.key = 'b'
+      document.dispatchEvent(keydown)
+
+      const keyup = createEvent('keyup')
+      keyup.key = 'b'
+      document.dispatchEvent(keyup)
+
+      expect(vm.called).to.be.false
+      vm.$destroy()
+    })
+
+    it('does not trigger events when it gets matched by one item in the prevent list', () => {
+      const vm = new VM('<div @shortkey="foo" v-shortkey="[\'b\']" class="disableshortkey"><textarea class="stylingclass"></textarea></div>')
+      vm.$mount(createDiv())
+
+      const textarea = vm.$el.querySelector('textarea')
+      textarea.focus()
+      expect(document.activeElement == textarea).to.be.true
+
+      const keydown = createEvent('keydown')
+      keydown.key = 'b'
+      document.dispatchEvent(keydown)
+
+      const keyup = createEvent('keyup')
+      keyup.key = 'b'
+      document.dispatchEvent(keyup)
+
+      expect(vm.called).to.be.false
+      vm.$destroy()
+    })
+
+    it('does trigger events when only the parent element gets matched by one item in the prevent list', () => {
+      const vm = new VM('<div @shortkey="foo" v-shortkey="[\'b\']" class="disableshortkey"><input type="text" /></div>')
+      vm.$mount(createDiv())
+
+      const input = vm.$el.querySelector('input')
+      input.focus()
+      expect(document.activeElement == input).to.be.true
+
+      const keydown = createEvent('keydown')
+      keydown.key = 'b'
+      document.dispatchEvent(keydown)
+
+      const keyup = createEvent('keyup')
+      keyup.key = 'b'
+      document.dispatchEvent(keyup)
+
+      expect(vm.called).to.be.true
+      vm.$destroy()
+    })
+
     it('listen for keydown and dispatch event with object key', () => {
       const vm = new VM('<div @shortkey="foo" v-shortkey="{option1: [\'q\'], option2: [\'a\']}"><textarea v-shortkey.avoid></textarea></div>')
       vm.$mount(createDiv())