diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 800edbc3c3f8dddf712a66af103f7903f8b7cf1d..6f3a442ac324b614c5660ae9cd685a20fcf7ab06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 # Operating system files
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+#backend
+src/backend/__pycache__/
+src/backend/api/
+src/backend/backend_utilities/
+src/backend/cache/
+src/backend/endpoints/
+src/backend/middleware/
+src/backend/core/
 
+#frontend
 # node_modules becomes very big after npm install
 src/frontend/node_modules