diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d70b31b..dc5fb57 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ data/*
 # Ignore html files for now
 # TODO: Remove later
 *.html
-25_07_phd_defense/index_cache/*
+25_07_phd_defense/index_cache
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 25e8c29..7dad5ea 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "files.autoSave": "off",
   "files.exclude": {
-    "**/.git": false,
-    ".git": false
+    "**/.git": true,
+    ".git": true
   },
   "todo-tree.tree.hideTreeWhenEmpty": false
 }
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