diff --git a/packages/generators/package.json b/packages/generators/package.json
index 25a6b36042..973262fa4e 100644
--- a/packages/generators/package.json
+++ b/packages/generators/package.json
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@
     "LICENSE",
     "README.md",
     "lib/**",
-    "lib/app/static/.gitignore",
     "*.d.ts",
     "*.js"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "prepublish": "npm run compile",
-    "compile": "shx rm -rf lib/ && tsc && shx cp -r src/. lib/",
+    "compile": "shx rm -rf lib/ && tsc",
     "test": "npm run compile && mocha --config ../../.mocharc.json --require tsx --recursive test/**.test.ts test/**/*.test.ts"
   },
   "directories": {
@@ -94,4 +93,4 @@
     "typescript": "^5.5.3"
   },
   "gitHead": "90caf635aec850550b9d37bea2762af959d9e8d5"
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/generators/src/app/index.ts b/packages/generators/src/app/index.ts
index 2aabc1beb6..64f9597c15 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/app/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { sep, dirname } from 'path'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
-import { prompt, runGenerators, fromFile, copyFiles, toFile } from '@featherscloud/pinion'
+import { prompt, runGenerators } from '@featherscloud/pinion'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import {
   FeathersBaseContext,
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ export const generate = (ctx: AppGeneratorArguments) =>
       ])
     )
     .then(runGenerators(__dirname, 'templates'))
-    .then(copyFiles(fromFile(__dirname, 'static'), toFile('.')))
     .then(initializeBaseContext())
     .then(async (ctx) => {
       const { dependencies } = await connectionGenerator(ctx)
diff --git a/packages/generators/src/app/static/.gitignore b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/gitignore.tpl.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from packages/generators/src/app/static/.gitignore
rename to packages/generators/src/app/templates/gitignore.tpl.ts
index 82cf9aa04b..03aed1b74c 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/app/static/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/gitignore.tpl.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# Logs
+import { renderTemplate, toFile } from '@featherscloud/pinion'
+import { AppGeneratorContext } from '..'
+
+const template = `# Logs
 logs
 *.log
 npm-debug.log*
@@ -119,3 +122,7 @@ dist
 .sqlite
 
 lib/
+`
+
+export const generate = (ctx: AppGeneratorContext) =>
+  Promise.resolve(ctx).then(renderTemplate(template, toFile('.gitignore')))