diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e4dfdb..f8faad1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 !README.md
 !requirements.txt
 !sql_api.py.py
-!tmp
-tmp/*
+!/tmp
+/tmp/*
 !twitter_api.py
 !twitter_stream_answers.py
 !twitterbot.py
\ No newline at end of file