diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index a52c5cd..9b5d258 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # these aliases use the "ls" alias, which was defined earlier
-alias l.='ls -a --ignore="*"'
+alias l.='ls -a --ignore="*" --ignore="\.\." --ignore="\."'
 alias ll='ls -l'
 alias la='ls -a'