diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9b2210e..1a254b16 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ __pycache__
 .tox/
 .cache/
 *.code-workspace
-examples/.ipynb_checkpoints/
-examples/scratch_pad/.ipynb_checkpoints/
+*.ipynb_checkpoints/