diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 320435355c61beef4b883746d1bf0635af47e410..f70114a68740d2dd19f776fa57a9233498f40a4d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ src/bed_handler/__pycache__/*.pyc
 tests/__pycache__/
 src/__pycache__/
 .coverage
+src/gc_content/__pycache__/
+tests/files/test_genome.fa.fai