diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/config.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/config.py
index 03181e49b0cf156d96301b06c85e5871c4f559d5..df6d5c65c93df7e1549daedc3824316a9050b2c7 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/config.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/config.py
@@ -189,13 +189,18 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
             },
             "additionalProperties": False
         },
+        "ignored_folders": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {"type": "string"}
+        }
     },
     "required": [
         "admin_username",
         "admin_password",
         "hostname",
         "inventory_provider",
-        "datasources"
+        "datasources",
+        "ignored_folders"
     ]
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +211,8 @@ def defaults():
         "admin_password": "admin",
         "hostname": "localhost:3000",
         "listen_port": 3001,
-        "datasources": {}
+        "datasources": {},
+        "ignored_folders": []
     }
 
 
diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/dashboard.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/dashboard.py
index e7b856d13cf62852586b30c91fd9a2e4383e5bb5..3ab43d34d96c8bb498e5798ce5f1bb9964df4e14 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/dashboard.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/dashboard.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _search_dashboard(request: TokenRequest, dashboard: Dict, folder_id=None):
         if r and isinstance(r, list):
             if len(r) >= 1:
                 for dash in r:
-                    if dash['title'].lower() == dashboard['title'].lower():
+                    if dash['title'] == dashboard['title']:
                         definition = _get_dashboard(request, dash['uid'])
                         return definition
         return None
diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/provision.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/provision.py
index bccb7e9dcb52e3ce0c8f4fe491f688dc8dae20a5..7a9bc702a9dfe5c55b18b442efbdb7f3cee4e917 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/provision.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/provision.py
@@ -51,15 +51,7 @@ def provision_folder(token_request, folder_name, dash,
 
     folder = find_folder(token_request, folder_name)
     tag = dash['tag']
-    interfaces = dash['interfaces']
-
-    empty_names = [iface for iface in interfaces if not _check_valid(iface)]
-
-    if any(empty_names):
-        for iface in empty_names:
-            logger.info('Invalid dashboard name on interface:')
-            logger.info(json.dumps(iface, indent=2))
-        interfaces = list(filter(_check_valid, interfaces))
+    interfaces = list(filter(_check_valid, dash['interfaces']))
 
     # dashboard should include error panels
     errors = dash.get('errors', False)
@@ -460,8 +452,12 @@ def provision(config):
         # get dashboard UIDs from ignored folders
         # and make sure we don't touch them
         for name in ignored_folders:
-            folder = find_folder(request, name)
-            to_ignore = list_dashboards(request, folder['id'])
+            logger.info(
+                f'Ignoring dashboards under the folder {org["name"]}/{name}')
+            folder = find_folder(token_request, name, create=False)
+            if folder is None:
+                continue
+            to_ignore = list_dashboards(token_request, folder['id'])
 
             for dash in to_ignore:
                 # mark it updated, so we don't modify it.
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 838064a3248f4748e348f90ce2d3ab98eb7009fc..c5374a4daba918e1a42f6fa69d250275b826ef8e 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.20] - 2021-09-13
+- Don't automatically create ignored folders, just ignore them if they are present.
+
 ## [0.19] - 2021-09-13
 - [POL1-501] create config option ignored_folders for provisioning folders with manually maintained dashboards
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 06bcf86744c57e9772bff06936aeae8ed7523b39..1b5e7aa93bf018ba54ba3cc5304acbeeb89dffad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='brian-dashboard-manager',
-    version="0.19",
+    version="0.20",
     author='GEANT',
     author_email='swd@geant.org',
     description='',
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 22b968d8e27d238fb211cbcefff95e65da445146..87039da970227fff27576c169b6056b25b74249b 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def data_config():
                 "isDefault": True,
                 "readOnly": False
             }
-        }
+        },
+        "ignored_folders": []
     }