diff --git a/.htaccess.dist b/.htaccess.dist
index 0940745197..4eeb07104e 100644
--- a/.htaccess.dist
+++ b/.htaccess.dist
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     #RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
 
     # prevent httpd from serving dotfiles (.htaccess, .svn, .git, etc.) - except let's encrypt challenge
-    RedirectMatch 403 ^/?\.(?!/well-known/acme-challenge/[\w-]{43}$)
+    RedirectMatch 403 ^/?\.(?!well-known/acme-challenge/[\w-]{43}$)
 
     # ensure permalink when url rewriting was enabled (index.php?r=content/perma&id=6 => /content/perma/?id=6
     RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^r=content(/|%2)perma&id=([0-9]*)$
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@
     <FilesMatch "\.(jpg|png|gif|css|js)$">
         Header set Cache-Control "private, max-age=3600"
     </FilesMatch>
-</IfModule>
\ No newline at end of file
+</IfModule>