diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6dd617d..189278f 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ posts.js
 comments.js
 users.js
 config.js
+hitcount.txt
 *.swp
diff --git a/hitcount.txt b/hitcount.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0642336..0000000
--- a/hitcount.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-473
\ No newline at end of file