diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index fa040a1652..1bcd964b09 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ nix/pkgs/factorio-mods/cache/
 nix/pkgs/factorio-mods/.pytest_cache/
 
 py/tumblrcap/dl/
-py/tumblrcap/mylikes/
 
 syntax: regexp
+^py/tumblrcap/mylikes.*
 ^go/trains/.*/start.sh$
 ^go/trains/.*/lukegb-trains.json$
 ^py/icalfilter/config/.*$