diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.gitignore b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.gitignore
index 5124c9ac7..047c82cca 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.gitignore
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 work/
 data/
 results/
+null/
 .DS_Store
 testing/
 testing*