diff --git a/cmd/ossprey/main.go b/cmd/ossprey/main.go
index 12088de..4ecfcce 100644
--- a/cmd/ossprey/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ossprey/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"runtime/debug"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ var version = "0.0.0-dev"
 const defaultAPIURL = "https://api.ossprey.com"
 
 func main() {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ossprey: fatal: %v\n%s\n", r, debug.Stack())
+			os.Exit(2)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	root := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:           "ossprey",
 		Short:         "Ossprey supply-chain scanner",
diff --git a/internal/catalog/cataloger.go b/internal/catalog/cataloger.go
index 4f792a9..ee51ae8 100644
--- a/internal/catalog/cataloger.go
+++ b/internal/catalog/cataloger.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package catalog
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@ import (
 // fileParser converts one matched manifest into syft packages.
 type fileParser func(absPath string, loc file.Location) ([]pkg.Package, error)
 
+// isVendoredPath reports whether p sits inside a vendored dependency tree.
+func isVendoredPath(p string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(p, "node_modules/")
+}
+
 // catalogByGlob runs parse against every file matching glob under the
 // resolver's root, dedup'd by (name, version). Shared by every ossprey-*
 // cataloger — they differ only by glob + parse.
@@ -22,6 +28,10 @@ func catalogByGlob(resolver file.Resolver, root, glob, label string, parse fileP
 	seen := make(map[string]struct{})
 	var out []pkg.Package
 	for _, loc := range locs {
+		// Skip vendored dependencies.
+		if isVendoredPath(loc.RealPath) {
+			continue
+		}
 		pkgs, err := parse(filepath.Join(root, loc.RealPath), loc)
 		if err != nil || len(pkgs) == 0 {
 			continue