diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c49bd7..64c65c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+# ignore jupyterlab checkpoints
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+# env file associated with server-ip-sync.py / SIS.py
 .env