diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0faac50f3..f29afbc1e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .local/
 .cask/
 var/
-init.el
+/init.el
 
 # emacs tempfiles that shouldn't be there
 .mc-lists.el