diff --git a/docs/userGuide/gettingStarted.md b/docs/userGuide/gettingStarted.md
index 970c9be69f..365cd05304 100644
--- a/docs/userGuide/gettingStarted.md
+++ b/docs/userGuide/gettingStarted.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Usage: ...
 ++**2. Initialize a new Project (or Start with an existing Project)**++
 
 <tabs>
-  <tab header="Initializing a new project">
+  <tab header="Initializing a new project">
 
 Navigate into an empty directory and run the following command to initialize a skeletal MarkBind site in that directory. It will create several new files in the directory e.g., `index.md`, `site.json`.
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The `init` command populates the project with the [default project template](htt
 </include>
 
   </tab>
-  <tab header="Starting with an existing project">
+  <tab header="Starting with an existing project">
 
 Navigate to the project {{ tooltip_root_directory }}.
 
diff --git a/docs/userGuide/siteJsonFile.md b/docs/userGuide/siteJsonFile.md
index 5be59ec10c..c7bf3bf35a 100644
--- a/docs/userGuide/siteJsonFile.md
+++ b/docs/userGuide/siteJsonFile.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Here is a typical `site.json` file:
       "layout": "subtopic"
     }
   ],
-  "pagesExclude": ["subsite/**/*.md"],
+  "pagesExclude": ["subsite/**/*.md", "node_modules/*"],
   "externalScripts": [
     "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.5/MathJax.js?config=TeX-MML-AM_CHTML"
   ],
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Here is a typical `site.json` file:
     "_site/*",
     "*.json",
     "*.md",
-    ".git/*"
+    ".git/*",
+    "node_modules/*"
   ],
   "plugins" : [
     "filterTags"
diff --git a/packages/core/template/default/site.json b/packages/core/template/default/site.json
index 42cfed9ef7..d4a41e9898 100755
--- a/packages/core/template/default/site.json
+++ b/packages/core/template/default/site.json
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
     "site.json",
     "*.md",
     "*.njk",
-    ".git/*"
+    ".git/*",
+    "node_modules/*"
   ],
+  "pagesExclude": ["node_modules/*"],
   "pages": [
     {
       "src": "index.md",
diff --git a/packages/core/template/minimal/site.json b/packages/core/template/minimal/site.json
index d77b3adcf1..659551c65e 100644
--- a/packages/core/template/minimal/site.json
+++ b/packages/core/template/minimal/site.json
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
 {
-    "baseUrl": "",
-    "titlePrefix": "",
-    "ignore": [
-      "_markbind/layouts/*",
-      "_markbind/logs/*",
-      "_site/*",
-      "site.json",
-      "*.md",
-      "*.njk",
-      ".git/*"
-    ],
-    "pages": [
-      {
-        "src": "index.md",
-        "title": "Hello World"
-      },
-      {
-        "glob": ["**/index.md", "**/*.md"]
-      }
-    ],
-    "deploy": {
-      "message": "Site Update."
+  "baseUrl": "",
+  "titlePrefix": "",
+  "ignore": [
+    "_markbind/layouts/*",
+    "_markbind/logs/*",
+    "_site/*",
+    "site.json",
+    "*.md",
+    "*.njk",
+    ".git/*",
+    "node_modules/*"
+  ],
+  "pagesExclude": ["node_modules/*"],
+  "pages": [
+    {
+      "src": "index.md",
+      "title": "Hello World"
+    },
+    {
+      "glob": ["**/index.md", "**/*.md"]
     }
+  ],
+  "deploy": {
+    "message": "Site Update."
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/unit/utils/data.js b/packages/core/test/unit/utils/data.js
index 52133ae8cf..b6d9ffde98 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/unit/utils/data.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/unit/utils/data.js
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ module.exports.SITE_JSON_DEFAULT = '{\n'
   + '    "site.json",\n'
   + '    "*.md",\n'
   + '    "*.njk",\n'
-  + '    ".git/*"\n'
+  + '    ".git/*",\n'
+  + '    "node_modules/*"\n'
   + '  ],\n'
+  + '  "pagesExclude": ["node_modules/*"],\n'
   + '  "pages": [\n'
   + '    {\n'
   + '      "src": "index.md",\n'