diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c34fabf59..8f4c7fd1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 build/*
 docs/_build/*
 docs/_downloads
-gh-pages/*
 lib/
 bin/
 parcels_examples
@@ -19,15 +18,13 @@ out-*
 .DS_store
 
 .vscode
-.idea/*
 .env
 Profile.prof
 **/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
 .cache/*
-.pytest_cache/*
 .eggs/*
 parcels.egg-info/*
 dist/parcels*.egg
-parcels/examples/particle*.png
 parcels/_version_setup.py
-/.pytest_cache/
+.pytest_cache
+.coverage