diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 656f433..c6e96c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,8 +2,22 @@
 bin/*
 !bin/data/
 !bin/data/*
-!bin/web/
-!bin/web/*
+# ugly recursion https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3667986/git-ignore-exception-not-working-as-desired
+!bin/em/
+bin/em/*
+!bin/em/*/
+bin/em/*/*
+!bin/em/*/web/
+bin/em/*/web/*
+!bin/em/*/web/js/
+!bin/em/*/web/css/
+!bin/em/*/web/assets/
+bin/em/*/web/js/*
+bin/em/*/web/css/*
+bin/em/*/web/assets/*
+!bin/em/*/web/js/*.*
+!bin/em/*/web/css/*.*
+!bin/em/*/web/assets/*.*
 obj/
 bin/data/ofxMsdfgen
 bin/data/ofxGPUFont
@@ -39,3 +53,6 @@ bin/web/fonts/*
 # DIST
 # these are related to distributing variable time
 upload*
+
+# GENERATED
+.browserpid