diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e1316b..45fba46 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # don't ignore dirs so we can look inside them
 !*/
 
-# but do ignore volumes and subsubdirs
+# but do ignore volumes and subsubsubdirs e.g. hostname/container/configstuff
 volumes/
-*/*/
+*/*/*/
 
 # only allow .yml files
 !*.yml