diff --git a/customizations.el b/customizations.el
index 760e1aa..be2abdb 100644
--- a/customizations.el
+++ b/customizations.el
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  '(background-mode dark)
  '(blink-cursor-mode t)
  '(column-number-mode t)
+ '(counsel-find-file-ignore-regexp "\\(?:\\`\\|[/\\]\\)\\(?:[#.]\\)")
  '(cursor-color "#ffd85c")
  '(cursor-type 'bar)
  '(custom-enabled-themes '(tango-dark tango))