diff --git a/core/core-projects.el b/core/core-projects.el
index 0e0087063..f81118fc6 100644
--- a/core/core-projects.el
+++ b/core/core-projects.el
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
         projectile-known-projects-file (concat doom-cache-dir "projectile.projects")
         projectile-require-project-root nil
         projectile-globally-ignored-files '(".DS_Store" "Icon
" "TAGS")
-        projectile-globally-ignored-file-suffixes '(".elc" ".pyc" ".o"))
+        projectile-globally-ignored-file-suffixes '(".elc" ".pyc" ".o")
+        projectile-ignored-projects '("~/" "/tmp"))
 
   :config
   (projectile-mode +1)