diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed6b7cc55..df71bab32 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -82,4 +82,3 @@ auth.json
 /app/Database/database.sql
 /writable/cache/settings
 /.env.bak
-public/uploads/*.*
diff --git a/public/uploads/.gitignore b/public/uploads/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0a108076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/uploads/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*
+!/item_pics
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/public/uploads/item_pics/.gitignore b/public/uploads/item_pics/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6b7ef32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/uploads/item_pics/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore