diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d2a74219b18691dd12160c41a099f730b440c9f..9045f6db22400d39c0ca75921a6bc91be312217d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -280,4 +280,4 @@ Pipfile.lock
 
 
 # NER training files
-data/train_NER/1*_20*.txt
+data/train_NER/1[0-9][0-9][0-9]_20[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].txt