diff --git a/snippets/node/index.js b/snippets/node/index.js
index fe31889..0de79ed 100644
--- a/snippets/node/index.js
+++ b/snippets/node/index.js
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ async function run (folder, args) {
     path.join (snip_folder, 'package.json'),
     JSON.stringify (package_json, null, 2)
   );
+
+  await fs.writeFile (
+    path.join (snip_folder, '.gitignore'),
+    `/node_modules/
+/dist/`
+  );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/snippets/node/template/.gitignore b/snippets/node/template/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b0a5c34..0000000
--- a/snippets/node/template/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/node_modules/
-/dist/