diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 702fd48c4..ba4f0c843 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 !paper/paper.bib
 !README.swifter 
 dump*
-!.gitignore
+!**/.gitignore
 !*.py
 !*.ipynb
 !examples/**
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 139597f9c..000000000
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-