diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07c59ca..d4a6318 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ soc/sim/bitstreams
 .vscode
 soc/sim/firesim_run_temp
 soc/sim/firesim_build_temp
+soc/sim/config
 deploy/hephaestus/logs/*
 deploy/hephaestus/img
 deploy/hephaestus/bw.txt
diff --git a/soc/sim/config/config_runtime_local.yaml b/soc/sim/config/config_runtime_local.yaml
index 91e6f90..a9bf5fe 100644
--- a/soc/sim/config/config_runtime_local.yaml
+++ b/soc/sim/config/config_runtime_local.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ run_farm:
     # how to run simulations on a run farm host.
     default_platform: XilinxAlveoU250InstanceDeployManager
     # REQUIRED: default directory where simulations are run out of on the run farm hosts
-    # default_simulation_dir: /scratch/iansseijelly/FIRESIM_RUNS_DIR
-    default_simulation_dir: none
+    default_simulation_dir: null
     # REQUIRED: List of unique hostnames/IP addresses, each with their
     # corresponding specification that describes the properties of the host.
     #