diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 4365ba2c..8ee68586 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -3,18 +3,9 @@
 *.pyc
 *.rst
 *.sublime*
-*/*.pyc
-*/*/*.pyc
-*/*/*/*.pyc
-*/*/*/*/*.pyc
-*/*/*/*/*/*.pyc
-*/*/*/*/*/*/*.pyc
-*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*.pyc
-.cache/
-.eggs/
-.github/
-.git/
-.ipynb_checkpoints/
+**/*.pyc
+.*/
+!.docker/
 .ruffus_history.sqlite
 bin/
 build/