diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f526a48b1..2316cfeb3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # OS X
 .DS_Store
 
+# build ignore 
+
+containers/cleanair/gpjax_models/build/*
+
 # Terraform
 .terraform
 terraform/backend_config.tf