diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b80dca3..fcb366c 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