diff --git a/src/chronos/calendar_handler.py b/src/chronos/calendar_handler.py
index 3c4f027..4455104 100644
--- a/src/chronos/calendar_handler.py
+++ b/src/chronos/calendar_handler.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def __init__(self, app_config: Config):
         self.default_location = None
 
         self.tags_excluded = []
+        self.exclude_event_by_strings_in_summary = []
 
         self.sanitize = {"stati": True, "source_icons": True, "target_icons": True}
 
@@ -134,8 +135,9 @@ def read_ics_from_url(self):
             new_chronos_event._ics_event = event.copy()
 
             # Only handle public events and those not containing exclude tags
-            is_viable_event = not new_chronos_event.is_confidential and not new_chronos_event.is_excluded and not new_chronos_event.date_out_of_range
-            if not is_viable_event:
+            is_invalid_event = new_chronos_event.is_confidential or new_chronos_event.is_excluded or new_chronos_event.date_out_of_range
+            if is_invalid_event:
+                logger.info(f"Skipping further ical parsing on confidential or excluded event: {new_chronos_event.uid} | Source: {self.cal_name}")
                 continue
 
             new_chronos_event.populate_from_vcal_object()
@@ -275,9 +277,13 @@ def read_event(self, calEvent: caldav.Event) -> None:
                 chronos_event.calDAV = calEvent
 
                 # Only handle public events and those not conataining exclude tags
-                if not chronos_event.is_confidential and not chronos_event.is_excluded and not chronos_event.date_out_of_range:
-                    chronos_event.populate_from_vcal_object()
-                    self.events_data[chronos_event.key] = chronos_event
+                is_invalid_event = chronos_event.is_confidential or chronos_event.is_excluded or chronos_event.date_out_of_range
+                if is_invalid_event:
+                    logger.info(f"Skipping further ical parsing on confidential or excluded event: {chronos_event.uid} | Source: {self.cal_name}")
+                    continue
+
+                chronos_event.populate_from_vcal_object()
+                self.events_data[chronos_event.key] = chronos_event
 
     def search_events_by_tags(self, tags: list) -> dict:
         """search read events created by chronos with given tags
diff --git a/src/chronos/chronos_event.py b/src/chronos/chronos_event.py
index 82cb85d..5ca3aa8 100644
--- a/src/chronos/chronos_event.py
+++ b/src/chronos/chronos_event.py
@@ -185,9 +185,16 @@ def is_confidential(self) -> bool:
 
     @property
     def is_excluded(self) -> bool:
-        setEventCats = set(map(lambda x: x.lower(), self.categories))
-        setExclude = set(map(lambda x: x.lower(), self.source.tags_excluded))
-        do_exclude = not (setExclude.isdisjoint(setEventCats))
+        set_of_event_categories = set(map(lambda x: x.lower(), self.categories))
+        set_of_excluded_tags = set(map(lambda x: x.lower(), self.source.tags_excluded))
+        do_exclude_by_tag = not (set_of_excluded_tags.isdisjoint(set_of_event_categories))
+
+        do_exclude_by_string_in_summary = False
+        for the_string in self.source.exclude_event_by_strings_in_summary:
+            if the_string.lower() in self.title.lower():
+                do_exclude_by_string_in_summary = True
+
+        do_exclude = do_exclude_by_tag or do_exclude_by_string_in_summary
         return do_exclude
 
     @property