diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c779d055bcaf9ca19ef0a2b0dbf32950489536a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/backend/node_modules
+/backend/.env
\ No newline at end of file