diff --git a/CoTreceiver/.gitignore b/CoTreceiver/.gitignore
index ae39544102379bd95fe6c3ed7f134f29e2bf7eab..97f47a3fe43b7fa4dadc2eb52c5373cda5f42e4b 100644
--- a/CoTreceiver/.gitignore
+++ b/CoTreceiver/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@
 /CoT Test TX/nbproject/private/
 /CoT Test TX/dist/
 /CoT Test TX/build/
-/pduLog
-/logs
\ No newline at end of file
+!/logs/README.md
+!/logs/CotMsgGroup*.default
+/logs/CotMsgGroup*
+/logs/CotMsgGroup*/*.xml
+!/pduLog/README.md
+!/pduLog/PduCaptureLog.default.dislog
+/pduLog/*