diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 733e87c5f324a13caae2daccddec5e2e01ecaad6..12c822d00e391413563a5e25874a318d21cdb960 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ data/
 __pycache__
 *.pyc
 plots/
+logs/
+pids/
diff --git a/pids/.gitkeep b/pids/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391