diff --git a/local-repository-listing/Searcher/ISearcher.cs b/local-repository-listing/Searcher/ISearcher.cs
index e9d25a7..0840f85 100644
--- a/local-repository-listing/Searcher/ISearcher.cs
+++ b/local-repository-listing/Searcher/ISearcher.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
-
-namespace LocalRepositoryListing.Searcher;
-
+namespace LocalRepositoryListing.Searcher;
 /// <summary>
 /// Represents a searcher that can search for repositories based on specified criteria.
 /// </summary>
@@ -10,17 +7,17 @@ public interface ISearcher
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the root directories to search in.
     /// </summary>
-    public string[] RootDirectories { get; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> RootDirectories { get; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the paths to exclude from the search.
     /// </summary>
-    public ReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludePaths { get; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludePaths { get; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the directory names to exclude from the search.
     /// </summary>
-    public ReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludeNames { get; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludeNames { get; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Searches for repositories based on the specified criteria.
diff --git a/local-repository-listing/Searcher/NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher.cs b/local-repository-listing/Searcher/NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher.cs
index cce3c65..fd8a63d 100644
--- a/local-repository-listing/Searcher/NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher.cs
+++ b/local-repository-listing/Searcher/NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing;
 
 namespace LocalRepositoryListing.Searcher;
 
@@ -8,9 +7,9 @@ namespace LocalRepositoryListing.Searcher;
 /// </summary>
 public class NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher : ISearcher
 {
-    public string[] RootDirectories { get; init; }
-    public ReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludePaths { get; init; }
-    public ReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludeNames { get; init; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> RootDirectories { get; init; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludePaths { get; init; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludeNames { get; init; }
 
     private static readonly EnumerationOptions _enumerationOptions = new()
     {
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ public class NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher : ISearcher
     /// Initializes a new instance of the RepositorySearcher class with the specified root directories.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="rootDirectories">An array of root directories to search for repositories.</param>
-    public NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher(string[] rootDirectories) : this(rootDirectories, [], []) { }
+    public NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher(IList<string> rootDirectories) : this(rootDirectories, [], []) { }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher"/> class.
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ public NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher(string[] rootDirectories) : this(rootDirec
     /// <param name="rootDirectories">The root directories to search in.</param>
     /// <param name="excludePaths">The paths to exclude from the search.</param>
     /// <param name="excludeNames">The names to exclude from the search.</param>
-    public NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher(string[] rootDirectories, string[] excludePaths, string[] excludeNames)
+    public NonRecursiveRepositorySearcher(IList<string> rootDirectories, IList<string> excludePaths, IList<string> excludeNames)
     {
-        RootDirectories = rootDirectories;
+        RootDirectories = rootDirectories.AsReadOnly();
         ExcludePaths = excludePaths.AsReadOnly();
         ExcludeNames = excludeNames.AsReadOnly();
         _nameMatcher.AddIncludePatterns(excludeNames);
diff --git a/local-repository-listing/Searcher/RecursiveRepositorySearcher.cs b/local-repository-listing/Searcher/RecursiveRepositorySearcher.cs
index 3fc7e99..08a2543 100644
--- a/local-repository-listing/Searcher/RecursiveRepositorySearcher.cs
+++ b/local-repository-listing/Searcher/RecursiveRepositorySearcher.cs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ public class RecursiveRepositorySearcher : ISearcher
 {
     private static readonly string _rootSearchPattern = "*";
     private static readonly string _searchPattern = ".git";
-    public string[] RootDirectories { get; init; }
-    public ReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludePaths { get; init; }
-    public ReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludeNames { get; init; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> RootDirectories { get; init; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludePaths { get; init; }
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> ExcludeNames { get; init; }
 
     private static readonly EnumerationOptions _rootEnumerationOptions = new()
     {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ private bool IsMatchExclude(DirectoryInfo directoryInfo)
     /// Initializes a new instance of the RepositorySearcher class with the specified root directories.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="rootDirectories">An array of root directories to search for repositories.</param>
-    public RecursiveRepositorySearcher(string[] rootDirectories) : this(rootDirectories, [], []) { }
+    public RecursiveRepositorySearcher(IList<string> rootDirectories) : this(rootDirectories, [], []) { }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RecursiveRepositorySearcher"/> class.
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ public RecursiveRepositorySearcher(string[] rootDirectories) : this(rootDirector
     /// <param name="rootDirectories">The root directories to search in.</param>
     /// <param name="excludePaths">The paths to exclude from the search.</param>
     /// <param name="excludeNames">The names to exclude from the search.</param>
-    public RecursiveRepositorySearcher(string[] rootDirectories, string[] excludePaths, string[] excludeNames)
+    public RecursiveRepositorySearcher(IList<string> rootDirectories, IList<string> excludePaths, IList<string> excludeNames)
     {
-        RootDirectories = rootDirectories;
+        RootDirectories = rootDirectories.AsReadOnly();
         ExcludePaths = excludePaths.AsReadOnly();
         ExcludeNames = excludeNames.AsReadOnly();
         _nameMatcher.AddIncludePatterns(excludeNames);
diff --git a/local-repository-listing/local-repository-listing.csproj b/local-repository-listing/local-repository-listing.csproj
index 839ef22..5f1362a 100644
--- a/local-repository-listing/local-repository-listing.csproj
+++ b/local-repository-listing/local-repository-listing.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <AssemblyName>lepol</AssemblyName>
-    <Version>1.0.0</Version>
+    <Version>1.0.1</Version>
     <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
     <IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract >true</IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract>
     <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>