diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d74b0a..87156dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ xcode
 .vscode
 build
 install
-*/__pycache__
-test/__pycache_
+
+# all pycache directories
+__pycache__
+
 test/.idea
 *.egg-info