diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a7854c7cea1876eb584e9a99a3a933a117a9ac37..a7558757993e3d10533632ec00c5ee49d501d4c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
 config.log
 config.status
 src/nrutil.h.gch
+notebook/.ipynb_checkpoints/
+