diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d82b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+__pycache__
+*.pyc
+b2mirror.egg-info
+build
+dist
+sync.db
+.DS_Store
+test.py
+test.sh
+
diff --git a/b2mirror/mirror.py b/b2mirror/mirror.py
index d022049..52fcc5a 100644
--- a/b2mirror/mirror.py
+++ b/b2mirror/mirror.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class B2SyncManager(object):
         self.db.isolation_level = None  # TBD - does it hurt perf?
         self.exclude_res = [
             re.compile(r'.*\.(DS_Store|pyc|dropbox)$'),
-            re.compile(r'.+__pycache__.+'),
-            re.compile(r'.+.dropbox\.cache.+')
+            re.compile(r'.*__pycache__.*'),
+            re.compile(r'.*\.dropbox\.cache.*')
         ] + (exclude_res if exclude_res else [])
         self.workers = workers
         self._init_db()