diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.directory_name}}/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.directory_name}}/.gitignore
index af76054728d5adff0d57e769328f7c02041e9994..640fb6d29a0ce9d538f70676787dbee130751635 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.directory_name}}/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.directory_name}}/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #Exclude virtual environment
 
-/vitual_environment/
+/virtual_environment/
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/