diff --git a/utils/settings.py b/utils/settings.py
index bb8c40b..2f1e934 100644
--- a/utils/settings.py
+++ b/utils/settings.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ BB_GRADEBOOKS_DIR = 'BB_gradebooks'  # directory with extracted gradebooks downl
 BB_SUBMISSIONS_DIR = 'BB_submissions'  # directory with organised gradebook submissions
 BAD_DIR_NAME = '__BAD__'  # for organise_gradebook.py - directory with corrupt/invalid compressed files
 CSV_DIR = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'csv-inspect')  # for inspect_gradebook.py and inspect_submissions.py - output dir for generated CSV files
-IGNORE_DIRS = [ '__MACOSX', 'vendor', 'node_modules' ]  # list of dir names to ignore from extracting
+IGNORE_DIRS = [ '__MACOSX', '.git', 'node_modules', 'vendor' ]  # list of dir names to ignore from extracting