diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6aa672..ad1cebd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 /test/version_tmp/
 /tmp/
 
+# Backups directory
+/backups
+
 # Used by dotenv library to load environment variables.
 # .env