diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e43b0f988..e86c9dbb0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
+
+logs/*
+!logs/dummy.log
+
+tplogs/*
diff --git a/code/common/help.q b/code/common/help.q
index ef44a8b9e..ec90ccc47 100644
--- a/code/common/help.q
+++ b/code/common/help.q
@@ -346,4 +346,3 @@ TXT,:(enlist`verbs)!enlist(
  "dependency::expression (when not in function definition)"
  )
 DIR,:(enlist`verbs)!enlist`$"verbs/functions"
-.q.help:.help.display