diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68634fe2..a9ac8d70 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 .DS_Store
-/php/data/containers.json
-/php/data/configuration.json
-/php/data/backupsecret.json
+.idea/
+*.iml
+
+/php/data/*
+/php/session/*
+!/php/data/.gitkeep
+!/php/session/.gitkeep
 /php/vendor
+
 /manual-install/*.conf
 !/manual-install/sample.conf
 /manual-install/docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/.gitignore b/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 73f69e09..00000000
--- a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
-# Datasource local storage ignored files
-/dataSources/
-/dataSources.local.xml
-# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
-/httpRequests/
diff --git a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/mastercontainer.iml b/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/mastercontainer.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index d6ebd480..00000000
--- a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/mastercontainer.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/misc.xml b/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 639900d1..00000000
--- a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager">
-    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/modules.xml b/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/modules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff3363f5..00000000
--- a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/mastercontainer.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/mastercontainer.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/vcs.xml b/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b2bdec2d..00000000
--- a/Containers/mastercontainer/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/../.." vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/php/.gitignore b/php/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ee440441..00000000
--- a/php/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-data/*
-session/*
-!data/.gitkeep
-!session/.gitkeep
-vendor/
-.idea/