diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84405d9..e3dc43a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ content/files/
 pre-2018-fall/**/*.png
 pre-2018-fall/**/*.jpg
 pre-2018-fall/**/*.gif
+**/.DS_Store
+**/__pycache__
diff --git a/content/.gitignore b/content/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a9aeeb2..0000000
--- a/content/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*/.DS_Store
-__pycache__/