diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5671454d0..dfa80f3d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ test-models
 # temp folders
 tmp/
 test/
-
+issues/
diff --git a/Makefile_excludes b/Makefile_excludes
index bfd6ce2c7..a387b8214 100644
--- a/Makefile_excludes
+++ b/Makefile_excludes
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ b293
 
 .git
 .gitmodules
+
+issues/