diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53856e13e9e4c29f28c86c6c3d03f2d84fc67ec6..17082974c6e9b18d4b4940d93d0fcf138aff0b07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 *.sqlite3
 *-err.???????
 *-out.???????
+*.ipynb_checkpoints
 
 # OS generated files #
 ######################
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 ##########################
 /tmp/
 /logging/
+/HPC_logging/
 
 # test related data #
 #####################
@@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ report.html
 /TestExperiment/
 /testrun_network*/
 
+
+# experiment path #
+# #################
+????-??-??_????-??_network
+
+
 # secret variables #
 ####################
 /src/join_settings.py