diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d0aa573..4cd9545 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+# config
+config.ini
+config_new.ini
+ini_merge_log.txt
+install_notes.txt
+
+# logs
+logs/*.log
+
+# modified .service files
+etc/*.service
+
+# fileMonitor test file
 bee.txt
-# Created by venv; see https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
-*
+bible.txt
+
+# data files
+data/*.json
+data/*.txt
+data/*.pkl
+data/*.csv
+data/*.db
+
+# modules/custom_scheduler.py
+modules/custom_scheduler.py
+
+# virtualenv
+venv/
+
+# Python cache
+__pycache__/
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