diff --git a/setupFiles/install.sh b/setupFiles/install.sh
index 9e1d650..be04266 100644
--- a/setupFiles/install.sh
+++ b/setupFiles/install.sh
@@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ if [[ requiresUpdate -eq 1 ]]; then
         grep -qxF 'compile.sh' .gitignore || echo 'compile.sh' >> .gitignore
         grep -qxF '.autoltx' .gitignore || echo '.autoltx' >> .gitignore
         grep -qxF 'output.pdf' .gitignore || echo 'output.pdf' >> .gitignore
+        grep -qxF '*.aux' .gitignore || echo '*.aux' >> .gitignore
     else
         # Creates .gitignore file
         echo Configuring .gitignore for this project
-        printf 'pdf/\nlatexmkrc\ncompile.sh\n.autoltx\noutput.pdf\n' >> /app/project/.gitignore
+        printf 'pdf/\nlatexmkrc\ncompile.sh\n.autoltx\noutput.pdf\n*.aux\n' >> /app/project/.gitignore
     fi
     sed -i "1s/.*/$buildDate/" /app/project/.autoltx
 fi