diff --git a/lib/squib/project_template/.gitignore b/lib/squib/project_template/.gitignore
index d63f0bc..c6b7982 100644
--- a/lib/squib/project_template/.gitignore
+++ b/lib/squib/project_template/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-_output
+_output/*.png
+_output/*.pdf
 
diff --git a/lib/squib/project_template/_output/gitkeep.txt b/lib/squib/project_template/_output/gitkeep.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..044bca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/squib/project_template/_output/gitkeep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Keep this here so that Git knows to keep the _output directory on a fresh clone
\ No newline at end of file