diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index cfd8c57..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-videos/encrypted/*
-videos/plaintext/*
-keys/*
diff --git a/keys/.gitignore b/keys/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e7d273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keys/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/videos/encrypted/.gitignore b/videos/encrypted/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e7d273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/videos/encrypted/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/videos/plaintext/.gitignore b/videos/plaintext/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e7d273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/videos/plaintext/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore