diff --git a/cadetrdm/initialize_repo.py b/cadetrdm/initialize_repo.py
index 2f9263771f2f90b9a2b4762016496248367fb6cd..f7092cdb627e39d1479e8cb2f6d75c0dba2473b1 100644
--- a/cadetrdm/initialize_repo.py
+++ b/cadetrdm/initialize_repo.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def initialize_git_repo(path_to_repo: str, output_repo_name: (str | bool) = "out
         gitattributes = []
 
     if lfs_filetypes is None:
-        lfs_filetypes = ["*.jpg", "*.png", "*.xlsx", "*.h5", "*.ipynb", "*.pdf", ".docx"]
+        lfs_filetypes = ["*.jpg", "*.png", "*.xlsx", "*.h5", "*.ipynb", "*.pdf", "*.docx"]
 
     starting_directory = os.getcwd()