diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4611369..916a671 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ lib/plrobjs/index
 !lib/plrobjs/U-Z/00
 !lib/plrobjs/ZZZ/00
 
+#don't commit logs
+!log/*
+!syslog.CRASH
+
 # also not autogenerated config file
 /lib/etc/config
 # or the list of last logins
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68fb94d..5c9b4e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+Files for Grenzland-MUD
+
 Files for grenzland-mud, forked from tbamud
 
-
diff --git a/log/README b/log/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 94a75ce..0000000
--- a/log/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This directory is for log files.