diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c55eee7..7226e23 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ manual_*
 mcsm_analysis_fixme
 meta_data_analysis
 del
-examples
-example
+example*
 scratch
 historic
 test
 plotting_test
-scripts_old
+*old*
 foldx/test/
 TO_DO
 .RData