diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 902de7a..533abe8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ pickle-email-*.html
 /tmp/*
 !/log/.keep
 !/tmp/.keep
+/tmp/pids/*
+!/tmp/pids
+!/tmp/pids/.keep
 
 # TODO Comment out this rule if you are OK with secrets being uploaded to the repo
 config/initializers/secret_token.rb
diff --git a/tmp/pids/.keep b/tmp/pids/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29