diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5de67f7af..2ea0db831 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ debug.out
 mdioks.session-journal
 *.session
 
-logs/*
+logs/panel.log
+logs/panel_task.log
+logs/panel.pid
 
 ssl/local
 ssl/nginx
diff --git a/logs/README.md b/logs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd3d22536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+logs
\ No newline at end of file