diff --git a/lib/cachex/router/ring/monitor.ex b/lib/cachex/router/ring/monitor.ex
index 9c93c0d..e842e62 100644
--- a/lib/cachex/router/ring/monitor.ex
+++ b/lib/cachex/router/ring/monitor.ex
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ defmodule Cachex.Router.Ring.Monitor do
         type = Keyword.get(options, :monitor_type)
 
         includes = Keyword.get(options, :monitor_includes, [])
-        excludes = Keyword.get(options, :monitor_includes, [])
+        excludes = Keyword.get(options, :monitor_excludes, [])
 
         :ok = :net_kernel.monitor_nodes(true, node_type: type)
 
diff --git a/test/cachex/router/ring_test.exs b/test/cachex/router/ring_test.exs
index c35fbf6..86e889c 100644
--- a/test/cachex/router/ring_test.exs
+++ b/test/cachex/router/ring_test.exs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ defmodule Cachex.Router.RingTest do
   @tag distributed: true
   test "routing keys via a ring router with excluded nodes" do
     # create a test cache cluster for nodes
-    {cache, _nodes, _cluster} =
+    {cache, _nodes, cluster} =
       TestUtils.create_cache_cluster(3,
         router:
           router(
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ defmodule Cachex.Router.RingTest do
 
     # verify that only the manage was attached to the ring
     assert Cachex.Router.nodes(cache) == {:ok, [node()]}
+
+    {:ok, [_member1]} = LocalCluster.start(cluster, 1)
+
+    :timer.sleep(250)
+
+    # make sure that the exclusion applies on newly detected nodes
+    assert Cachex.Router.nodes(cache) == {:ok, [node()]}
   end
 
   test "matching node names against include/exclude params" do