diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ad0b13d..0d3646d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module.exports = function( projectPath ) {
         try {
           var credits = readDirectory( projectPath, analyzers );
         } catch( e ) {
+          /* istanbul ignore next */
           return reject( e );
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/analyzers.js b/lib/analyzers.js
index ceac3f4..d607105 100644
--- a/lib/analyzers.js
+++ b/lib/analyzers.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var fs      = require( 'fs' );
 var path    = require( 'path' );
+var globby  = require( 'globby' );
 
 /**
  * Get all available analyzers
@@ -15,16 +16,11 @@ function getAnalyzers( config ) {
   var methods  = {};
   var basePath = config.filePaths.analyzers;
 
-  try {
-    var analyzers = fs.readdirSync( basePath );
-  } catch( error ) {
-    console.log( error );
-    throw new Error( 'filePaths \'analyzers\' does not exist' );
-  }
-
-  analyzers.forEach( function( analyzer ) {
-    methods[ analyzer ] = require( path.join( basePath, analyzer, 'index' ) );
-  } );
+  globby.sync( `${basePath}/*` )
+    .forEach( function( analyzer ) {
+      var name = path.basename( analyzer );
+      methods[ name ] = require( analyzer );
+    } );
 
   return methods;
 }
diff --git a/lib/analyzers/bower/index.js b/lib/analyzers/bower/index.js
index c36e814..4a93271 100644
--- a/lib/analyzers/bower/index.js
+++ b/lib/analyzers/bower/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var fs          = require( 'fs' );
 var path        = require( 'path' );
+var globby      = require( 'globby' );
 
 var creditUtil  = require( '../../credit' );
 var packageUtil = require( '../../package' );
@@ -19,33 +20,19 @@ function getCredits( projectPath ) {
 
   var depPath = path.join( projectPath, 'bower_components' );
 
-  // projects without dependencies won't have
-  // a bower_components folder
-  try {
-    var deps = fs.readdirSync( depPath );
-  } catch( error ) {
-    return credits;
-  }
+  globby.sync( [ `${depPath}/*/bower.json` ] )
+    .forEach( function( bowerJsonPath ) {
+      var name = path.basename( path.dirname( bowerJsonPath ) );
+      var bowerJson = require( bowerJsonPath );
 
-  deps.forEach( function( name ) {
-    var bowerJsonPath = path.join( depPath, name, 'bower.json' );
+      var authors = packageUtil.getAuthor( bowerJson );
 
-    // it might possible that some modules are missing
-    // the bower.json file
-    try {
-      var bowerJson = require( bowerJsonPath );
-    } catch( error ) {
-      return credits;
-    }
-
-    var authors = packageUtil.getAuthor( bowerJson );
-
-    if ( authors ) {
-      authors.forEach( function( author ) {
-        credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, author, name );
-      } );
-    }
-  } );
+      if ( authors ) {
+        authors.forEach( function( author ) {
+          credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, author, name );
+        } );
+      }
+    } );
 
   return credits;
 }
diff --git a/lib/analyzers/jspm/index.js b/lib/analyzers/jspm/index.js
index d9ebc52..7f34195 100644
--- a/lib/analyzers/jspm/index.js
+++ b/lib/analyzers/jspm/index.js
@@ -2,53 +2,11 @@
 
 var fs          = require( 'fs' );
 var path        = require( 'path' );
+var globby      = require( 'globby' );
 
 var creditUtil  = require( '../../credit' );
 var packageUtil = require( '../../package' );
 
-
-/**
- * Helper function for reading a specific jspm category
- *
- * @param  {String} projectPath absolute path to project root
- * @param  {String} category    category name
- *
- * @return {Array}              list of credits
- */
-function getCreditsPerCategory( projectPath, category ) {
-  var credits = [];
-
-  var depPath = path.join( projectPath, 'jspm_packages/' + category );
-
-  // projects without dependencies won't have
-  // a jspm_packages folder
-  try {
-    var deps = fs.readdirSync( depPath );
-  } catch( error ) {
-    return credits;
-  }
-
-  deps.forEach( function( name ) {
-    if ( name !== '.bin' && name.indexOf( '.js' ) === -1 ) {
-      var packageJson = require( path.join( depPath, name, 'package.json' ) );
-      var author      = packageUtil.getAuthor( packageJson );
-      var maintainers = packageUtil.getMaintainers( packageJson );
-
-      if ( author ) {
-        credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, author, name );
-      }
-
-      if ( maintainers ) {
-        maintainers.forEach( function( maintainer ) {
-          credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, maintainer, name );
-        } );
-      }
-    }
-  } );
-
-  return credits;
-}
-
 /**
 * Read project root and evaluate dependency credits for jspm modules
 *
@@ -58,11 +16,28 @@ function getCreditsPerCategory( projectPath, category ) {
 */
 function getCredits( projectPath ) {
   var credits    = [];
-  var categories = [ 'npm', 'github/components' ];
-
-  categories.forEach( function( category ) {
-    credits = credits.concat( getCreditsPerCategory( projectPath, category ) );
-  } );
+  var jspmPath = path.join( projectPath, 'jspm_packages' );
+
+  globby.sync( [ `${jspmPath}/npm/*/package.json`, `${jspmPath}/github/*/*/package.json` ] )
+    .forEach( function( packagePath ) {
+      var name = path.basename( path.dirname( packagePath ) );
+
+      if ( name[ 0 ] !== '.' && name.indexOf( '.js' ) === -1 ) {
+        var packageJson = require( path.join( packagePath ) );
+        var author      = packageUtil.getAuthor( packageJson );
+        var maintainers = packageUtil.getMaintainers( packageJson );
+
+        if ( author ) {
+          credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, author, name );
+        }
+
+        if ( maintainers ) {
+          maintainers.forEach( function( maintainer ) {
+            credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, maintainer, name );
+          } );
+        }
+      }
+    } );
 
   return credits;
 }
diff --git a/lib/analyzers/npm/index.js b/lib/analyzers/npm/index.js
index 8352d04..223cf54 100644
--- a/lib/analyzers/npm/index.js
+++ b/lib/analyzers/npm/index.js
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 
 var fs          = require( 'fs' );
 var path        = require( 'path' );
+var globby      = require( 'globby' );
 
 var creditUtil  = require( '../../credit' );
 var packageUtil = require( '../../package' );
 
-
 /**
 * Read project root and evaluate dependency credits for node modules
-* -> this will be run recursively
 *
 * @param  {String} projectPath      absolute path to project root
 * @param  {Array|undefined} credits list of credits
@@ -17,53 +16,38 @@ var packageUtil = require( '../../package' );
 *
 * @return {Array}                   list of credits
 */
-function getCredits( projectPath, credits, seen ) {
+function getCredits( projectPath, credits ) {
   credits = credits || [];
-  seen    = seen || [];
-
-  if ( seen[ projectPath ] ) {
-    return credits;
-  }
-
-  seen[ projectPath ] = true;
 
   var depPath = path.join( projectPath, 'node_modules' );
 
-  // projects without dependencies won't have
-  // a node_modules folder
-  try {
-    var deps = fs.readdirSync( depPath );
-  } catch( error ) {
-    return credits;
-  }
-
-  deps.forEach( function( name ) {
-    var directoryPath = path.join( depPath, name );
-
-    if (
-      name[ 0 ] !== '.' &&
-      (
-        fs.lstatSync( directoryPath ).isDirectory() ||
-        fs.lstatSync( directoryPath ).isSymbolicLink()
-      )
-    ) {
-      var packageJson = require( path.join( directoryPath, 'package.json' ) );
-      var author      = packageUtil.getAuthor( packageJson );
-      var maintainers = packageUtil.getMaintainers( packageJson );
-
-      if ( author ) {
-        credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, author, name );
-      }
-
-      if ( maintainers ) {
-        maintainers.forEach( function( maintainer ) {
-          credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, maintainer, name );
-        } );
+  globby.sync( `${depPath}/**/package.json` )
+    .forEach( function( packagePath ) {
+      var directoryPath = path.dirname( packagePath );
+      var name = path.basename( path.dirname( packagePath ) );
+
+      if (
+        name[ 0 ] !== '.' &&
+        (
+          fs.lstatSync( directoryPath ).isDirectory() ||
+          fs.lstatSync( directoryPath ).isSymbolicLink()
+        )
+      ) {
+        var packageJson = require( packagePath );
+        var author      = packageUtil.getAuthor( packageJson );
+        var maintainers = packageUtil.getMaintainers( packageJson );
+
+        if ( author ) {
+          credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, author, name );
+        }
+
+        if ( maintainers ) {
+          maintainers.forEach( function( maintainer ) {
+            credits = creditUtil.addCreditToCredits( credits, maintainer, name );
+          } );
+        }
       }
-
-      getCredits( fs.realpathSync( directoryPath ), credits, seen );
-    }
-  } );
+    } );
 
   return credits;
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94e0b9b..294c1bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "eslint lib/*.js lib/**/*.js",
     "test": "npm run lint && nyc ava",
+    "coverage": "nyc ava && nyc report --reporter=html",
     "coveralls": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls"
   },
   "repository": {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "all-stars": "^1.1.0",
     "es6-promise": "^4.0.5",
+    "globby": "^6.0.0",
     "object-assign": "^4.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/bower.spec.js b/test/bower.spec.js
index 4cc6c0e..d96bd06 100644
--- a/test/bower.spec.js
+++ b/test/bower.spec.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import getCredits from '../lib/analyzers/bower';
 
 const fixtures = path.resolve( './fixtures' );
 
-test( 'getCredits - get availalbe bower credits', t => {
+test( 'getCredits - get available bower credits', t => {
   const credits = getCredits( fixtures );
 
   t.deepEqual( credits[ 0 ].name, 'Alice Bobson' );
diff --git a/test/fixtures/bower_components/boom/bower.json b/test/fixtures/bower_components/boom/bower.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4be681a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/bower_components/boom/bower.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"note":"no authors"}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/jspm_packages/github/calsow/foo/package.json b/test/fixtures/jspm_packages/github/calsow/foo/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbde5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/jspm_packages/github/calsow/foo/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"author":"Don Calsow"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/jspm_packages/npm/.bin/package.json b/test/fixtures/jspm_packages/npm/.bin/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e49ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/jspm_packages/npm/.bin/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"note": "this is ignored", "author":"Alice Bobson"}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/node_modules/.bin/package.json b/test/fixtures/node_modules/.bin/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e49ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/node_modules/.bin/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"note": "this is ignored", "author":"Alice Bobson"}
diff --git a/test/index.spec.js b/test/index.spec.js
index aa91d6a..61388e8 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/index.spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test( 'credits - folder exists', t => {
     return credits( fixtures )
       .then( credits => {
         t.deepEqual( credits.npm[ 0 ].name, 'Alice Bobson' );
-        t.deepEqual( credits.npm[ 0 ].packages, ['bar', 'boom', 'baz'] );
+        t.deepEqual( credits.npm[ 0 ].packages.sort(), ['bar', 'baz', 'boom'] );
       } );
 } );
 
diff --git a/test/jspm.spec.js b/test/jspm.spec.js
index 42bfb17..a8b5289 100644
--- a/test/jspm.spec.js
+++ b/test/jspm.spec.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import getCredits from '../lib/analyzers/jspm';
 
 const fixtures = path.resolve( './fixtures' );
 
-test( 'getCredits - get availalbe jspm credits', t => {
+test( 'getCredits - get available jspm credits', t => {
   const credits = getCredits( fixtures );
 
   t.deepEqual( credits[ 0 ].name, 'Alice Bobson' );
diff --git a/test/npm.spec.js b/test/npm.spec.js
index 13c18a3..3264ae6 100644
--- a/test/npm.spec.js
+++ b/test/npm.spec.js
@@ -7,24 +7,24 @@ import getCredits from '../lib/analyzers/npm';
 
 const fixtures = path.resolve( './fixtures' );
 
-test( 'getCredits - get availalbe npm credits', t => {
+test( 'getCredits - get available npm credits', t => {
   fs.ensureSymlinkSync( `${fixtures}/linked`, `${fixtures}/node_modules/linked` );
   fs.ensureSymlinkSync( `${fixtures}/node_modules/cycle`, `${fixtures}/node_modules/cycle/node_modules/cycle` );
 
   const credits = getCredits( fixtures );
 
   t.deepEqual( credits[ 0 ].name, 'Alice Bobson' );
-  t.deepEqual( credits[ 0 ].packages, [ 'bar', 'boom', 'baz' ] );
+  t.deepEqual( credits[ 0 ].packages.sort(), [ 'bar', 'baz', 'boom' ] );
 
-  t.deepEqual( credits[ 1 ].name, 'Randy Ran' );
-  t.deepEqual( credits[ 1 ].packages, [ 'baz' ] );
+  t.deepEqual( credits[ 1 ].name, 'Bob Calsow' );
+  t.deepEqual( credits[ 1 ].packages.sort(), [ 'boing', 'foo' ] );
 
-  t.deepEqual( credits[ 2 ].name, 'Bobby Bob' );
+  t.deepEqual( credits[ 2 ].name, 'Randy Ran' );
   t.deepEqual( credits[ 2 ].packages, [ 'baz' ] );
 
-  t.deepEqual( credits[ 3 ].name, 'Bob Calsow' );
-  t.deepEqual( credits[ 3 ].packages, [ 'boing', 'foo' ] );
+  t.deepEqual( credits[ 3 ].name, 'Bobby Bob' );
+  t.deepEqual( credits[ 3 ].packages, [ 'baz' ] );
 
   t.deepEqual( credits[ 4 ].name, 'Bob Loblaw' );
-  t.deepEqual( credits[ 4 ].packages, [ 'cycle', 'linked' ] );
+  t.deepEqual( credits[ 4 ].packages.sort(), [ 'cycle', 'linked' ] );
 } );