diff --git a/_.htaccess b/_.htaccess
index 821fe98e7af2558ca5d43a30d9b21868b96c2c51..289093378e9be2ff6c70199ea2310c8ee4b24453 100644
--- a/_.htaccess
+++ b/_.htaccess
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
 
 	# Stop rewrite processing, if we are in the typo3/ directory or any other known directory
 	# NOTE: Add your additional local storages here
-	RewriteRule (?:typo3/|fileadmin/|typo3conf/|typo3temp/|uploads/|favicon\.ico) - [L]
+	RewriteRule ^(?:typo3/|fileadmin/|typo3conf/|typo3temp/|uploads/|favicon\.ico) - [L]
 
 	# If the file/symlink/directory does not exist => Redirect to index.php.
 	# For httpd.conf, you need to prefix each '%{REQUEST_FILENAME}' with '%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}'.