diff --git a/bin/vows b/bin/vows
index 60868c1..05e6392 100755
--- a/bin/vows
+++ b/bin/vows
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+
 var path   = require('path'),
     fs     = require('fs'),
     util   = require('util'),
+    wildcard   = require('../lib/utils/wildcard').wildcard,
     events = require('events');
 
 //
@@ -70,11 +72,13 @@ var options = {
 };
 
 var files = [];
+var wildcardFiles = [];
 
 // Get rid of process runner
 // ('node' in most cases)
 var arg, args = [], argv = process.argv.slice(2);
 
+
 // Current directory index,
 // and path of test folder.
 var root, testFolder;
@@ -251,12 +255,20 @@ if (! options.watch) {
     reporter.reset = function () { _reporter.reset && _reporter.reset() };
     reporter.print = _reporter.print;
 
-    files = args.map(function (a) {
+    // preprocess the list of files for any wildcards. win32 does not handle wildcards before calling vows
+    // any paths not containing wildcards are simple returned by wildcard()
+    args.forEach(function(a) {
+         wildcardFiles = wildcardFiles.concat(wildcard(path.join(process.cwd(), a)));
+     });
+
+    // now set up the file list for vows including all the wildcard files
+    files = wildcardFiles.map(function (a) {
         return (!a.match(/^\//))
             ? path.join(process.cwd(), a.replace(fileExt, ''))
             : a.replace(fileExt, '');
     });
 
+
     if (options.shuffle) {
         var source = files.slice(0);
         files.length = 0;
@@ -503,7 +515,7 @@ function importSuites(files) {
                     buffer = [data.pop()];
 
                     data.forEach(function (data) {
-                        if (data) {
+                        if (data && data !== 'undefined') {
                             data = JSON.parse(data);
                             if (data && data[0] === 'finish') {
                                 result = data[1];
@@ -520,11 +532,13 @@ function importSuites(files) {
     }
 
     return files.reduce(options.isolate ? function (suites, f) {
+
         return suites.concat({
             run: wrapSpawn(f)
         });
     } : function (suites, f) {
-        f = path.relative(__dirname,f);
+        console.log(f);
+        f = path.relative(__dirname, f);
         f = f.replace(/\\/g,'/');
         f = f.replace('../C:','C:');
         var obj = require(f);
diff --git a/lib/utils/wildcard.js b/lib/utils/wildcard.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5356723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/wildcard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/**
+ *  (C) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.   All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+var PATH = require('path');
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+/**
+ * @type {Function} wildcard(pattern)
+ *  wildcard searches for files matching pattern.
+ *
+ * @pattern {String} search pattern with optional * wildcards
+ * @return an array containing the paths to the matching files
+ */
+var wildcard = exports.wildcard = function(pattern) {
+
+    // process pattern string for * wildcard
+    var matchers = [],
+        tokens,
+        path;
+
+    var index = pattern.indexOf('*');
+    if(index === -1)   {
+        return [pattern];
+    }
+
+    path = pattern.substr(0, index-1);
+    pattern = pattern.substr(index);
+    pattern = pattern.replace(/\*/g, '(?=.*)');
+    tokens = pattern.split(PATH.sep);
+
+    // create matcher regex for each path component in pattern
+    tokens.forEach(function(token, index, array) {
+        var matcher = {};
+        matcher.index = index;
+        matcher.isDir = index < array.length -1;
+        matcher.regex = new RegExp(token);
+        matchers.push(matcher);
+    });
+
+    return process(path, matchers);
+};
+
+// searches starting from the path directory and returns files matching wildcard pattern
+// search only proceeds to directory depth equal to the numbe rof matchers.
+var process = function(path, matchers) {
+
+    var files = [];
+    var traverse = function(path, level) {
+        var dirs,
+            matcher;
+
+        // check we have not exceeded search directory depth
+        if(level >= matchers.length) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // read the dirs and files from the current path
+        dirs = fs.readdirSync(path);
+        matcher = matchers[level];
+
+        // check if each dir or file matches the matcher for the current directory level
+        for(var i = 0; i < dirs.length; i++) {
+            var dir = dirs[i];
+
+            if(dir.match(matcher.regex) === null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var pathName = PATH.join(path,dir);
+
+            var stats = fs.statSync(pathName);
+            if(stats.isDirectory()) {
+                if(matcher.isDir) {
+                    traverse(pathName, level + 1);
+                } else {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            else if(level === matchers.length - 1) {
+                // found a matching file
+                if(stats.isFile()) {
+                    files.push(pathName);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    traverse(path, 0);
+    return files;
+};
+
+
+
+//var pattern = '/Users/stammen/dev/microsoft/pkgcloud/test/*/*/*-test.js';
+//
+//var result = wildcard(pattern);
+//console.log(result);
+//console.log(result.length);
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/test/isolate-test.js b/test/isolate-test.js
index db3fd6d..ed6c4f2 100644
--- a/test/isolate-test.js
+++ b/test/isolate-test.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ function generateTopic(args, file) {
               ' ./test/fixtures/isolate/' + file,
         options = {cwd: path.resolve(__dirname + '/../')},
         callback = this.callback;
-    console.log(cmd);
     exec(cmd, options, function (err, stdout, stderr) {
       callback(null, {
         err: err,