diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2fa6fb2b9..a237d558d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ __pycache__
 /qutebrowser/html/doc/
 /.venv
 /.coverage
-/.htmlcov
+/htmlcov
 /.coverage.xml
 /.tox
 /testresults.html