diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b2ee2a..eb50ba0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-# Ignore checksum.txt files inside the app folder (e.g. b812ceb69337a210633378917cba10bc/checksum.txt)
-*/checksum.txt
+# Ignore checksum and README files anywhere
+**/checksum.txt
+**/README.md