diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 4749f10c60..0000000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 718b680220..86e0a60f45 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ envs/qwerty.env
 Cargo.lock
 nym-connect/Cargo.lock
 .parcel-cache
+.DS_Store