diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index bc4d11a..b8dafe0 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 build
 .vscode
-/jicofo*
\ No newline at end of file
+/jicofo*
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae1bcd8..37aae9b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ bin/jicofo_exporter*
 jicofo_exporter
 *.tar.gz
 *.test
-*.mprof
\ No newline at end of file
+*.mprof
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file