diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-mod-swag-auto-reload/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-mod-swag-auto-reload/run
index 1e92149..db8d14f 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-mod-swag-auto-reload/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-mod-swag-auto-reload/run
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ done
 function wait_for_changes {
   inotifywait -rq \
     --event modify,move,create,delete \
-    --excludei '\.(sample|md)' \
+    --excludei '\.(sample|md|swp)' \
     "${ACTIVE_WATCH[@]}"
 }