diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/watch-story-specifiers.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/watch-story-specifiers.ts
index a0d1818be720..245639579748 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/watch-story-specifiers.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/watch-story-specifiers.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function watchStorySpecifiers(
   const wp = new Watchpack({
     // poll: true, // Slow!!! Enable only in special cases
     followSymlinks: false,
-    ignored: ['**/.git', 'node_modules'],
+    ignored: ['**/.git', '**/node_modules'],
   });
   wp.watch({
     directories: uniq(specifiers.map((ns) => ns.directory)),