diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4fa2509d843bcb63786be936877d156366efbad..3cd0afaa7c8e85b47199b7011a05862dac04188c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-
+# IDEs files
+\.idea/
 \.vscode/
+
+# plantuml JAR directory
+/.local