diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a57aa0..1269244 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,4 @@ build/*
 dist
 docs/ENV
 python_appimage.egg-info
-python_appimage/bin
-python_appimage/data/excludelist
-python_appimage/version.py
 !python_appimage/commands/build
diff --git a/python_appimage/version.py b/python_appimage/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a16224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_appimage/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version = '1.4.2'