diff --git a/php/.nostow b/php/.nostow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..870761b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/.nostow
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+argvParser.php
+functions.php
+snips.php
+api_key
diff --git a/php/bin/stow b/php/bin/stow
index f389769..d56a7e3 100755
--- a/php/bin/stow
+++ b/php/bin/stow
@@ -9,12 +9,26 @@ readonly class stow
     public function __construct(
         private string $action = 'stow',
         private bool   $backup = false,
-        private bool   $force = false
+        private bool   $force = false,
     ) {}
 
+    private function getNoStow(string $path): array
+    {
+        if (file_exists(path($path, '.nostow'))) {
+            $noStow = file_get_contents(path($path, '.nostow'));
+            if ($noStow === false) {
+                return [];
+            }
+            return array_values(array_filter(array_map('trim', explode(PHP_EOL, $noStow))));
+        } else {
+            return [];
+        }
+    }
+
     function run(string $sourcePath, string $targetPath): void
     {
-        $sourceFiles = array_diff(scandir($sourcePath), ['..', '.']);
+        $noStow = $this->getNoStow($sourcePath);
+        $sourceFiles = array_diff(scandir($sourcePath), ['..', '.', '.nostow', ...$noStow]);
 
         foreach ($sourceFiles as $sourceFile) {
             $targetFile = path($targetPath, $sourceFile);