diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6daf83b40c21776d513cdff2e2b837989504f30..9db96374d55c79a01053f261ccb62e43dc7b771d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ bin/
 .gitignore
 wk/fort.90
 .directory
+checkpoint/
+../FM/