diff --git a/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml b/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml
index d24990b6245dea5ce8a40d06b836240078360bf8..de5ffdba606e8b2347c9f5515f25eca803cdc6d7 100644
--- a/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml
+++ b/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   This ruleset checks my code for bad stuff
   </description>
 
+	<exclude-pattern></exclude-pattern>
+
 	<rule ref="rulesets/internal/all-java.xml"></rule>
 
 	<rule ref="rulesets/ecmascript/basic.xml" />