diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 328436e76c062ca473b4893266395ad143c108d0..b63e015820da72a9ec0f64168a8907747a11b96d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-_site #ignore the folder _site (produced when working locally). This folder will be re-created by the CI pipeline and will become an artifact
\ No newline at end of file
+# ignore the folder _site (produced when working locally). This folder will be re-created by the CI pipeline and will become an artifact
+
+_site/ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webpage_contents/.gitignore b/webpage_contents/.gitignore
index 075b2542afb820ca0c990f02a196dfbb35c41a3a..794f522bf813cfc6f954aceb91aa3fa294c607b1 100644
--- a/webpage_contents/.gitignore
+++ b/webpage_contents/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /.quarto/
+/.Rproj.user/