diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54d9ef2..ea11c5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 hbase-exporter.log
-protobuf/*pb2.py
-protobuf/__pycache__/
-protobuf/client/
-protobuf/server/
+hbase-protobuf-python/*pb2.py
+hbase-protobuf-python/__pycache__/
+hbase-protobuf-python/client/
+hbase-protobuf-python/server/
diff --git a/protobuf/__init__.py b/hbase-protobuf-python/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from protobuf/__init__.py
rename to hbase-protobuf-python/__init__.py