diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6750698..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-l2-setup/out
-l2-setup/hosts.ini
-nitro-bridge-setup/out
-nitro-bridge-setup/bridge-vars.yml
-nitro-nodes-setup/nitro-vars.yml
-nitro-nodes-setup/out/
-l2-setup/l2-vars.yml
diff --git a/l2-setup/.gitignore b/l2-setup/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bec264f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l2-setup/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+out
+hosts.ini
+l2-vars.yml
diff --git a/nitro-bridge-setup/.gitignore b/nitro-bridge-setup/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ced2d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nitro-bridge-setup/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+out
+bridge-vars.yml
+hosts.ini
diff --git a/nitro-bridge-setup/setup-vars.yml b/nitro-bridge-setup/setup-vars.yml
index 7762444..d1d497f 100644
--- a/nitro-bridge-setup/setup-vars.yml
+++ b/nitro-bridge-setup/setup-vars.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 target_host: "localhost"
-nitro_directory: ./out
+nitro_directory: out
 skip_container_build: false
diff --git a/nitro-nodes-setup/.gitignore b/nitro-nodes-setup/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f91659b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nitro-nodes-setup/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+nitro-vars.yml
+out