diff --git a/apps/app/.gitignore b/apps/app/.gitignore
index d887d6c0b..f73fca36c 100644
--- a/apps/app/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/app/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-# Generated by Cargo
-# will have compiled files and executables
-/target/
-
 # Generated by tauri, metadata generated at compile time
 /gen/
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/.taurignore b/packages/app-lib/.taurignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b48651bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-lib/.taurignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# State files generated by Gradle on build. If not ignored for Tauri,
+# cargo tauri dev gets softlocked due to these files changing for every build
+/java/.gradle