diff --git a/app/config/container.php b/app/config/container.php
index 62351e9..8d671b9 100644
--- a/app/config/container.php
+++ b/app/config/container.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ return [
     ],
 
     /** Container definitions */
+    App\HiddenFiles::class => DI\factory([App\HiddenFiles::class, 'fromContainer']),
     Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder::class => DI\factory(Factories\FinderFactory::class),
     Symfony\Contracts\Cache\CacheInterface::class => DI\Factory(Factories\CacheFactory::class),
     Symfony\Contracts\Translation\TranslatorInterface::class => DI\factory(Factories\TranslationFactory::class),
diff --git a/app/src/Factories/FinderFactory.php b/app/src/Factories/FinderFactory.php
index 5d0c6f6..2d4080e 100644
--- a/app/src/Factories/FinderFactory.php
+++ b/app/src/Factories/FinderFactory.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use DI\Container;
 use PHLAK\Splat\Glob;
 use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
 use Symfony\Component\Finder\SplFileInfo;
-use Tightenco\Collect\Support\Collection;
 
 class FinderFactory
 {
diff --git a/app/src/HiddenFiles.php b/app/src/HiddenFiles.php
index 5441137..2d72188 100644
--- a/app/src/HiddenFiles.php
+++ b/app/src/HiddenFiles.php
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ use Tightenco\Collect\Support\Collection;
 
 class HiddenFiles extends Collection
 {
+    /** {@inheritdoc} */
+    protected function __construct($items = [])
+    {
+        $this->items = $this->getArrayableItems($items);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new HiddenFiles collection object.
      *
      * @param \DI\Container $container
      */
-    public function __construct(Container $container)
+    public static function fromContainer(Container $container): self
     {
         $items = $container->get('hidden_files');
 
@@ -26,6 +32,6 @@ class HiddenFiles extends Collection
             $items = array_merge($items, $container->get('app_files'));
         }
 
-        parent::__construct(array_unique($items));
+        return new static(array_unique($items));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Factories/FinderFactoryTest.php b/tests/Factories/FinderFactoryTest.php
index f766eb9..b69a91d 100644
--- a/tests/Factories/FinderFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Factories/FinderFactoryTest.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class FinderFactoryTest extends TestCase
 {
     public function test_it_can_compose_the_finder_component(): void
     {
-        $finder = (new FinderFactory($this->container, $this->container->get(HiddenFiles::class)))();
+        $finder = (new FinderFactory($this->container, HiddenFiles::fromContainer($this->container)))();
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Finder::class, $finder);
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class FinderFactoryTest extends TestCase
             }
         ));
 
-        $finder = (new FinderFactory($this->container, $this->container->get(HiddenFiles::class)))();
+        $finder = (new FinderFactory($this->container, HiddenFiles::fromContainer($this->container)))();
         $finder->in($this->filePath('subdir'))->depth(0);
 
         $this->assertEquals([
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class FinderFactoryTest extends TestCase
     {
         $this->container->set('reverse_sort', true);
 
-        $finder = (new FinderFactory($this->container, $this->container->get(HiddenFiles::class)))();
+        $finder = (new FinderFactory($this->container, HiddenFiles::fromContainer($this->container)))();
         $finder->in($this->filePath('subdir'))->depth(0);
 
         $this->assertEquals([
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ class FinderFactoryTest extends TestCase
             'subdir/alpha.scss', 'subdir/charlie.bash', '**/*.yaml'
         ]);
 
-        (new FinderFactory($this->container, $this->container->get(HiddenFiles::class)))();
-
-        $finder = $this->container->get(Finder::class);
+        $finder = (new FinderFactory($this->container, HiddenFiles::fromContainer($this->container)))();
         $finder->in($this->filePath('subdir'))->depth(0);
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Finder::class, $finder);
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ class FinderFactoryTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->expectException(InvalidConfiguration::class);
 
-        (new FinderFactory($this->container, $this->container->get(HiddenFiles::class)))();
+        (new FinderFactory($this->container, HiddenFiles::fromContainer($this->container)))();
     }
 
     protected function getFilesArray(Finder $finder): array
diff --git a/tests/HiddenFilesTest.php b/tests/HiddenFilesTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f88187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HiddenFilesTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests;
+
+use App\HiddenFiles;
+use Tightenco\Collect\Support\Collection;
+
+/** @covers \App\HiddenFiles */
+class HiddenFilesTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /** @dataProvider hiddenFilesProvider */
+    public function test_it_creates_a_collection_of_hidden_files(
+        array $hiddenFilesArray,
+        string $hiddenFilesList,
+        bool $hideappFiles,
+        array $expected
+    ): void {
+        $this->container->set('hidden_files', $hiddenFilesArray);
+        $this->container->set('hidden_files_list', $hiddenFilesList);
+        $this->container->set('hide_app_files', $hideappFiles);
+
+        $hiddenFiles = HiddenFiles::fromContainer($this->container);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $hiddenFiles);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $hiddenFiles->values()->toArray());
+    }
+
+    public function hiddenFilesProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'None' => [
+                [], 'NOT_A_REAL_FILE', false, []
+            ],
+            'Hidden files array' => [
+                ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'], 'NOT_A_REAL_FILE', false, ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
+            ],
+            'Hidden files array with duplicates' => [
+                ['foo', 'bar', 'foo'], 'NOT_A_REAL_FILE', false, ['foo', 'bar']
+            ],
+            'Hidden files list' => [
+                [], $this->filePath('.hidden'), false, ['alpha', 'bravo']
+            ],
+            'App files' => [
+                [], 'NOT_A_REAL_FILE', true, ['app', 'index.php', '.hidden']
+            ],
+            'All' => [
+                ['foo', 'alpha'], $this->filePath('.hidden'), true, [
+                    'foo', 'alpha', 'bravo', 'app', 'index.php', '.hidden'
+                ]
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/_files/.hidden b/tests/_files/.hidden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8704fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_files/.hidden
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+alpha
+bravo