diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35cb2ee..660b08f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+group_vars/
 hbase-exporter.log
 hbase-protobuf-python/*pb2.py
 hbase-protobuf-python/__pycache__/