diff --git a/setupFiles/install.sh b/setupFiles/install.sh
index f710023..a506a9d 100644
--- a/setupFiles/install.sh
+++ b/setupFiles/install.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ if test -f ".gitignore"; then
     grep -qxF 'latexmkrc' .gitignore || echo 'latexmkrc' >> .gitignore
     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
     touch .autoltx
     echo Configuring AutoLTX for this project
 else