diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e44e4d1f5..aa67e6db71 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@
 .hgignore
 .hgtags
 
-ExternalCoreProjects/Virtu/bin/*.*
+/ExternalCoreProjects/Virtu/bin/*.*
 /psx/octoshock/bizhawk/Win32
 /psx/octoshock/bizhawk/x64
 /psx/octoshock/bizhawk/*.opendb
 
 **/StyleCop.Cache
-waterbox/**/*.wbx
-waterbox/**/*.wbx.in
+/waterbox/**/*.wbx
+/waterbox/**/*.wbx.in
 
 .idea
 
-packages
+/packages
 
 launchSettings.json