diff --git a/inst/templates/base/gitignore b/inst/templates/base/gitignore
index a8c1ef8..5f86d62 100644
--- a/inst/templates/base/gitignore
+++ b/inst/templates/base/gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ docs/*
 **/*rda
 **/*csv
 **/*tsv
+**/*app.R