diff --git a/src/keys-detective/compare-keys-to-files.ts b/src/keys-detective/compare-keys-to-files.ts
index 8b02c34..079e898 100644
--- a/src/keys-detective/compare-keys-to-files.ts
+++ b/src/keys-detective/compare-keys-to-files.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { messages } from '../messages';
 import { Config, ScopeMap } from '../types';
 import { readFile, writeFile } from '../utils/file.utils';
 import { getLogger } from '../utils/logger';
-import { getScopeAndLangFromPath } from '../utils/path.utils';
+import { filterPathByLang, getScopeAndLangFromPath } from '../utils/path.utils';
 
 import { buildTable } from './build-table';
 import { getTranslationFilesPath } from './get-translation-files-path';
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ interface CompareKeysOptions
     | 'translationsPath'
   > {
   scopeToKeys: ScopeMap;
+  langs?: ReadonlyArray<string>;
 }
 
 export function compareKeysToFiles({
@@ -36,10 +37,16 @@ export function compareKeysToFiles({
   addMissingKeys,
   emitErrorOnExtraKeys,
   fileFormat,
+  langs: langsToProcess = [],
 }: CompareKeysOptions) {
   const logger = getLogger();
   logger.startSpinner(`${messages.checkMissing} ✨`);
 
+  const scopeAndLangFromPathOption = {
+    translationsPath,
+    fileFormat,
+  };
+
   const diffsPerLang = {};
 
   /** An array of the existing translation files paths */
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ export function compareKeysToFiles({
   const scopePaths = getGlobalConfig().scopePathMap || {};
   for (const [scope, path] of Object.entries(scopePaths)) {
     const keys = scopeToKeys[scope];
-    if (keys) {
+    if (keys && typeof path === 'string') {
       const res: Omit<Result, 'files'> = {
         keys,
         scope,
@@ -60,7 +67,8 @@ export function compareKeysToFiles({
       };
       result.push({
         ...res,
-        files: normalizedGlob(`${res.baseFilesPath}/*.${fileFormat}`),
+        files: normalizedGlob(`${res.baseFilesPath}/*.${fileFormat}`)
+          .filter(filterPathByLang(langsToProcess, scopeAndLangFromPathOption)),
       });
     }
   }
@@ -68,9 +76,8 @@ export function compareKeysToFiles({
 
   for (const filePath of translationFiles) {
     const { scope = '__global' } = getScopeAndLangFromPath({
+      ...scopeAndLangFromPathOption,
       filePath,
-      translationsPath,
-      fileFormat,
     });
     if (cache[scope]) {
       continue;
@@ -89,7 +96,8 @@ export function compareKeysToFiles({
         ...res,
         files: normalizedGlob(
           `${res.baseFilesPath}/${isGlobal ? '' : scope}/*.${fileFormat}`
-        ),
+        )
+        .filter(filterPathByLang(langsToProcess, scopeAndLangFromPathOption)),
       });
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/keys-detective/index.ts b/src/keys-detective/index.ts
index a026cd5..5f7c3c8 100644
--- a/src/keys-detective/index.ts
+++ b/src/keys-detective/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { buildKeys } from '../keys-builder/build-keys';
 import { messages } from '../messages';
 import { Config } from '../types';
 import { getLogger } from '../utils/logger';
+import { filterPathByLang } from '../utils/path.utils';
 import { resolveConfig } from '../utils/resolve-config';
 
 import { compareKeysToFiles } from './compare-keys-to-files';
@@ -10,14 +11,14 @@ import { getTranslationFilesPath } from './get-translation-files-path';
 
 export function findMissingKeys(inlineConfig: Config) {
   const logger = getLogger();
-  const config = resolveConfig(inlineConfig);
+  const config = resolveConfig({ langs:[], ...inlineConfig });
   setConfig(config);
 
-  const { translationsPath, fileFormat } = config;
+  const { translationsPath, fileFormat, langs = [] } = config;
   const translationFiles = getTranslationFilesPath(
     translationsPath,
     fileFormat
-  );
+  ).filter(filterPathByLang(langs, config));
 
   if (translationFiles.length === 0) {
     console.log('No translation files found.');
@@ -37,5 +38,6 @@ export function findMissingKeys(inlineConfig: Config) {
     addMissingKeys,
     emitErrorOnExtraKeys,
     fileFormat,
+    langs,
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/path.utils.ts b/src/utils/path.utils.ts
index 1ac36ed..e9698ca 100644
--- a/src/utils/path.utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/path.utils.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ interface Options extends Pick<Config, 'fileFormat' | 'translationsPath'> {
   filePath: string;
 }
 
+export function filterPathByLang(
+  langs: ReadonlyArray<string>,
+  options: Pick<Config, 'fileFormat' | 'translationsPath'>
+) {
+  const langsAsSet = new Set(langs);
+
+  return (filePath: string) => {
+    if (langsAsSet.size > 0) {
+      const { lang } = getScopeAndLangFromPath({ filePath, ...options });
+      return langsAsSet.has(lang);
+    } else {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * /Users/username/www/folderName/src/assets/i18n/admin/es.json => { scope: admin, lang: es }
  * /Users/username/www/folderName/src/assets/i18n/es.json => { scope: undefined, lang: es }