diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a32c0e90..4f26d58d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
-!__init__.py
-*.pyc
-__pycache__
 *.DS_Store
 *~$*
-staticfiles/*
-*.mo
 .env
-dump.json
-node_modules/
+**/node_modules/
 .vscode
 *.sqlite3
-backend/staticfiles/
-backend/venv/
 temp/
-backend/db/attachments/
-backend/db/django_secret_key
-backend/db/pg_password.txt
 ./db/
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba9f5fc72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+!__init__.py
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
+*.DS_Store
+*~$*
+staticfiles/*
+*.mo
+.env
+.vscode
+*.sqlite3
+staticfiles/
+venv/
+temp/
+db/attachments/
+db/django_secret_key
+db/pg_password.txt
+./db/
+.coverage
diff --git a/backend/ciso_assistant/VERSION b/backend/ciso_assistant/VERSION
index 85b7c695b..c81aa44af 100644
--- a/backend/ciso_assistant/VERSION
+++ b/backend/ciso_assistant/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.6
+0.9.7