diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dade84a47..830a45dd3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 
 # ctags
-tags
+vpr7_x2p/vpr/src/tags
 
 # log files
 **/logs
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ tmp/
 build/
 
 message.txt
-deploy_key
\ No newline at end of file
+deploy_key