diff --git a/apps/app-stack-basicstack-de.yaml b/apps/app-stack-basicstack-de.yaml
index 1799a05..f86ca50 100644
--- a/apps/app-stack-basicstack-de.yaml
+++ b/apps/app-stack-basicstack-de.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ spec:
     path: apps
     directory:
       recurse: true
-      exclude: |
-        **/argocd/**
+      exclude: 'argocd/**'
   destination:
     server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
   syncPolicy: