diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 530c05d..9bab8c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-backup/containers
-backup/hosts
-balance-containers/containers.csv
+/backup/containers/*
+/backup/hosts/*
+/doNotBackup.list
+/balance-containers/containers.csv
diff --git a/backup/containers/.keep b/backup/containers/.keep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/backup/hosts/.keep b/backup/hosts/.keep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000