diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5124c9ac77e036998a69ae8e8e89f9ff6f9bcdb3..fe2db918ee0b0150d929101b14ce0af7d90b737e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ results/
 testing/
 testing*
 *.pyc
+benchmark/matrices_rep2.txt
+benchmark/matrices_rep3.txt
+benchmark/matrices.txt