diff --git a/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugin_options.lua b/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugin_options.lua
index 79ce338..2d4e822 100644
--- a/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugin_options.lua
+++ b/roles/neovim/files/lua/plugin_options.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -- NERDTree
 
-let NERDTreeIgnore=['^__pycache__$', '\.pyc', '\~$']
+vim.cmd("let NERDTreeIgnore=['^__pycache__$', '\\.pyc', '\\~$']")
 vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>ne', '<cmd>NERDTree<CR>', { remap = true })