diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e28a465b..23141348a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ hs_err_pid*
 /project/project/
 /project/target/
 /project/activator-*
-/logs/
 /RUNNING_PID
 .DS_Store
 /target/
diff --git a/logs/.gitignore b/logs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c96a04f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file