diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f028665c9fbd9f9782ed586765dc290523f188d..316f05bf8970ef1a7a224c0ec96acea652c3c7e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cabal.config
 *.nav
 *.out
 *.snm
-__pycache__
+*.pyc
 /Physics Engine Families/Papers
 Main
 *-nup.pdf