diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a302e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#all files with the extension .secret will be ignored
+backend/*.secret
+frontend/*.secret
+
diff --git a/db_connection.py b/backend/db_connection.py
similarity index 100%
rename from db_connection.py
rename to backend/db_connection.py