diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd683d45..88ca74ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
 #   git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
 
+realtime/node_modules
 config/database.yml
 #public/assets
 
@@ -17,4 +18,4 @@ db/*.sqlite3
 log/*.log
 tmp
 
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store