diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d384242114..55f0534963 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ logs/*
 conf/*.conf
 conf/*.apache2-config
 htdocs/site_info.txt
+htdocs/applets/*.swf
 bin/wwapache2ctl
 webwork2.komodoproject
 #courses.dist/*