diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b93867..36e27a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -132,3 +132,5 @@ dmypy.json
 
 Rplots.pdf
 .vscode
+# ignore results folder as it is going to be a soft link to a dropbox folder
+results
diff --git a/results/.gitignore b/results/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c96a04f..0000000
--- a/results/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*
-!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file