diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbf7ecf4eb..0004a4a17f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ projectFilesBackup
 /content/themes/**/*
 /content/images/**/*
 !/content/themes/casper/**
-!README.md
+!/README.md
 
 # Changelog, which is autogenerated, not committed
 CHANGELOG.md
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ config.js
 /core/built
 
 # Coverage reports
-coverage.html
\ No newline at end of file
+coverage.html