diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff59ade5d38dac9c3cf2fecee6a676ee728a2162..f7793d5f492cced655aeb62a8c29af48ac3e452e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,3 +59,7 @@ htmlcov/
 report.html
 /TestExperiment/
 /testrun_network*/
+
+# secret variables #
+####################
+/src/join_settings.py
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