diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a897efd8..fe551a27 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ bin
 
 #
 manually/
+
+logFiles/**
+!logFiles/.gitkeep
diff --git a/logFiles/.gitkeep b/logFiles/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b