diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 441a3d6..2e140b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ public/admin/*.css
 public/emailFailures.txt
 sessions/
 config/db.js
+# Don't include the .idea folder which is used by the Webstorm IDE
 .idea/workspace.xml
 .idea/