diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b0f8a097..d7714c43 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 *.ear
 
 /target/
+/backups/
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
-/bin/
+/bin/