diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f2d88cc9dba5505cadfe6bf78c0c3418205fc64..39c31b34abd2bd16b9c5af391368a2f712e725a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 taxa+id_microorganisms.txt
 _attic/
-test/
+output/
 .snakemake/
 __pycache__/
 setup.cfg