diff --git a/features.js b/features.js
index 083b6ea..3d8e164 100755
--- a/features.js
+++ b/features.js
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ var FeatureSetProto = {
 				// 		with actual feature tags later...
 				// 		if a tag is exclusive then at least one feature 
 				// 		with it is present...
-				if(!that[d] && !exclusive[d]){
+				if(!that[d] && !exclusive[d] && d[0] != '-'){
 					var m = missing[k] = missing[k] || []
 					m.push(d)
 				}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c861a0..7fd0cec 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-features",
-  "version": "2.2.3",
+  "version": "2.2.4",
   "description": "",
   "main": "features.js",
   "scripts": {