diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/gitignore b/packages/react-scripts/template/gitignore
index 6c96c5cff12..45edb3c7d80 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/gitignore
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/gitignore
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
 
 # dependencies
-node_modules
+/node_modules
 
 # testing
-coverage
+/coverage
 
 # production
-build
+/build
 
 # misc
 .DS_Store