diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff6da64f1..4a32c0e90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ temp/
 backend/db/attachments/
 backend/db/django_secret_key
 backend/db/pg_password.txt
-db/
+./db/
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 97ab89cee..000000000
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-infrastructure/*
diff --git a/backend/db/readme.txt b/backend/db/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaa0be28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/db/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This file is here to create the directory automatically on checkout