diff --git a/acmc/phen.py b/acmc/phen.py
index 3db5beba072ccd8e9997b3ba11d6b6d091795d26..39012ed1d9dd8671dee9204db16ce92f9e92190f 100644
--- a/acmc/phen.py
+++ b/acmc/phen.py
@@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ def init(phen_dir, remote_url):
 
     # add git ignore
     ignore_content = """# Ignore SQLite database files
- *.db
- *.sqlite3
+*.db
+*.sqlite3
  
- # Ignore SQLite journal and metadata files
- *.db-journal
- *.sqlite3-journal
+# Ignore SQLite journal and metadata files
+*.db-journal
+*.sqlite3-journal
  """
     ignore_path = phen_path / ".gitignore"
     with open(ignore_path, "w") as file: