diff --git a/source/net/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java b/source/net/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
index 4b65629a..469103c0 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/media/MediaDetection.java
@@ -81,12 +81,7 @@ public class MediaDetection {
 	}
 
 	public static FileFilter getClutterFileFilter() {
-		try {
-			return releaseInfo.getClutterFileFilter();
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			debug.log(Level.SEVERE, "Failed to load clutter file filter: " + e.getMessage(), e);
-		}
-		return f -> false;
+		return releaseInfo.getClutterFileFilter();
 	}
 
 	public static boolean isDiskFolder(File folder) {
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/media/ReleaseInfo.java b/source/net/filebot/media/ReleaseInfo.java
index 5b36372d..f87bc5a2 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/media/ReleaseInfo.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/media/ReleaseInfo.java
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ public class ReleaseInfo {
 		return compileWordPattern(getProperty("pattern.video.repack"));
 	}
 
+	public Pattern getExcludePattern() {
+		return compileWordPattern(getProperty("pattern.clutter.excludes"));
+	}
+
 	public Pattern getClutterBracketPattern(boolean strict) {
 		// match patterns like [Action, Drama] or {ENG-XViD-MP3-DVDRiP} etc
 		String brackets = "()[]{}";
@@ -350,10 +354,6 @@ public class ReleaseInfo {
 		return compileWordPattern(queryBlacklist.get()); // pattern matching any release group name enclosed in separators
 	}
 
-	public Pattern getExcludePattern() throws Exception {
-		return compile(or(excludeBlacklist.get()), CASE_INSENSITIVE);
-	}
-
 	private Pattern compileWordPattern(String[] patterns) {
 		return compile("(?<!\\p{Alnum})" + or(patterns) + "(?!\\p{Alnum})", CASE_INSENSITIVE); // use | to join patterns
 	}
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ public class ReleaseInfo {
 
 	private static ClutterFileFilter clutterFileFilter;
 
-	public FileFilter getClutterFileFilter() throws Exception {
+	public FileFilter getClutterFileFilter() {
 		if (clutterFileFilter == null) {
 			clutterFileFilter = new ClutterFileFilter(getExcludePattern(), Long.parseLong(getProperty("number.clutter.maxfilesize"))); // only files smaller than 250 MB may be considered clutter
 		}
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ public class ReleaseInfo {
 
 	private final Resource<String[]> releaseGroup = lines("url.release-groups", Cache.ONE_WEEK);
 	private final Resource<String[]> queryBlacklist = lines("url.query-blacklist", Cache.ONE_WEEK);
-	private final Resource<String[]> excludeBlacklist = lines("url.exclude-blacklist", Cache.ONE_WEEK);
 
 	private final Resource<SearchResult[]> tvdbIndex = tsv("url.thetvdb-index", Cache.ONE_WEEK, this::parseSeries, SearchResult[]::new);
 	private final Resource<SearchResult[]> anidbIndex = tsv("url.anidb-index", Cache.ONE_WEEK, this::parseSeries, SearchResult[]::new);
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/media/ReleaseInfo.properties b/source/net/filebot/media/ReleaseInfo.properties
index dc1b43fc..593d1e43 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/media/ReleaseInfo.properties
+++ b/source/net/filebot/media/ReleaseInfo.properties
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ pattern.subtitle.tags: forced|HI|SDH
 # additional release info patterns
 pattern.video.format: DivX|Xvid|AVC|(x|h)[.]?(264|265)|HEVC|3ivx|PGS|MP[E]?G[45]?|MP[34]|(FLAC|AAC|AC3|DD|MA).?[2457][.]?[01]|[26]ch|(Multi.)?DTS(.HD)?(.MA)?|FLAC|AAC|AC3|TrueHD|Atmos|[M0]?(720|1080)[pi]|(?<=[-])(720|1080|2D|3D)|10.?bit|(24|30|60)FPS|Hi10[P]?|[a-z]{2,3}.(2[.]0|5[.]1)|(19|20)[0-9]+(.)S[0-9]+(?!(.)?E[0-9]+)|(?<=\\d+)v[0-4]|CD\\d+
 
+# clutter file exclude pattern
+pattern.clutter.excludes: (?<=[!-\\(\\[])(Sample|Trailer)|(Sample|Trailer)(?=[-.\\)\\]])|(NCED|NCOP|(OP|ED)\\p{Digit}\\p{Alpha})|(Extras|Trailers|Featurettes|Interviews|Scenes|Shorts)$|Behind.the.Scenes|Deleted.and.Extended.Scenes|Deleted.Scenes
+
+# only files smaller than 250 MB may be considered clutter
+number.clutter.maxfilesize: 262144000
+
 # known release group names
 url.release-groups: https://app.filebot.net/data/release-groups.txt.xz
 
 # blacklisted terms that will be ignored
 url.query-blacklist: https://app.filebot.net/data/query-blacklist.txt.xz
 
-# clutter files that will be ignored
-url.exclude-blacklist: https://app.filebot.net/data/exclude-blacklist.txt.xz
-
-# only files smaller than 250 MB may be considered clutter
-number.clutter.maxfilesize: 262144000
-
 # list of patterns directly matching files to series names
 url.series-mappings: https://app.filebot.net/data/series-mappings.txt.xz