diff --git a/resources/leiningen/new/simple_web_app/.gitignore b/resources/leiningen/new/simple_web_app/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/leiningen/new/simple_web_app/.gitignore
rename to resources/leiningen/new/simple_web_app/gitignore
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/simple_web_app.clj b/src/leiningen/new/simple_web_app.clj
index ba62038..d9db458 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/simple_web_app.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/simple_web_app.clj
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
       ["resources/public/css/app.css"      (render "resources/public/css/app.css" data)]
       ["src/{{root-ns-path}}/client.cljs"  (render "src/root_ns/client.cljs" data)]
       ["src/{{root-ns-path}}/server.clj"   (render "src/root_ns/server.clj" data)]
-      [".gitignore"                        (render ".gitignore" data)]
+      [".gitignore"                        (render "gitignore" data)]
       ["project.clj"                       (render "project.clj" data)])))