diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a625abb94..869b2d90b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 site_media/photologue/photos/*
 site_media/photologue/photos/cache/*
 *.sqlite
-settings_local.py
+/settings_local.py
 site_media/documents/*
 celerybeat-schedule
 document_storage/