diff --git a/cmd/scripts.go b/cmd/scripts.go
index 73ecadc4c..406b3a015 100644
--- a/cmd/scripts.go
+++ b/cmd/scripts.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
@@ -168,6 +169,10 @@ func watchScripts(provider *kubernetes.Provider, block bool) {
 			select {
 			// watch for events
 			case event := <-watcher.Events:
+				if !strings.HasSuffix(event.Name, "js") {
+					log.Info().Str("file", event.Name).Msg("Ignoring file")
+					continue
+				}
 				switch event.Op {
 				case fsnotify.Create:
 					script, err := misc.ReadScriptFile(event.Name)
diff --git a/config/configStructs/scriptingConfig.go b/config/configStructs/scriptingConfig.go
index 6cf58c5a2..fbeeed763 100644
--- a/config/configStructs/scriptingConfig.go
+++ b/config/configStructs/scriptingConfig.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark/misc"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ func (config *ScriptingConfig) GetScripts() (scripts []*misc.Script, err error)
 
 		var script *misc.Script
 		path := filepath.Join(config.Source, f.Name())
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(path, ".js") {
+			log.Info().Str("path", path).Msg("Skipping non-JS file")
+			continue
+		}
 		script, err = misc.ReadScriptFile(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return