diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/WEB-INF/.gitignore b/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/WEB-INF/.gitignore
index f80255dd5c0..3c6742f8d29 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/WEB-INF/.gitignore
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/WEB-INF/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-deploy
-classes
\ No newline at end of file
+deploy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/WEB-INF/classes/.gitignore b/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/WEB-INF/classes/.gitignore
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..22e83649f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.gwt.ui/WEB-INF/classes/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.security.ui/WEB-INF/.gitignore b/java/com.sap.sse.security.ui/WEB-INF/.gitignore
index b30e141e749..3c6742f8d29 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.security.ui/WEB-INF/.gitignore
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.security.ui/WEB-INF/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-deploy
-classes
\ No newline at end of file
+deploy
\ No newline at end of file