diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d925525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+*.png
+backend/test_output
+test_output/*
+test_tif
+output
+uploads
+__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c5713f2..0000000
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-*.png
-test_output
-test_output/*
-test_tif
-output
-uploads
\ No newline at end of file