diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2617e904283e7e6a4f3b1a7b12f41f2e035ada6a..4a144d27b34b8662a12147ff70a0517d2ea12f77 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ AKPlanning/settings/
 # static files generated by django
 /static/
 
+# Database backups
+backups/
+
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/python,django,virtualenv,pycharm+all
 # Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=python,django,virtualenv,pycharm+all