diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f843e0..442e57a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -284,3 +284,6 @@ fabric.properties
 # Test blog posts
 /markdownblog/mdfiles/*
 /envvars.env
+
+# ignore static files
+/markdownblog/static/
diff --git a/.idea/mdblog.iml b/.idea/mdblog.iml
index d2875e0..5069cde 100644
--- a/.idea/mdblog.iml
+++ b/.idea/mdblog.iml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/venv" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.idea/dataSources" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.idea/sonarlint" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/markdownblog/static" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.10 (mdblog)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />