diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 0c1f4c8..ecf545a 100755
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ go.work
 
 # Environment variables
 .env
+
+# Compiled binary
+api
diff --git a/backend/api b/backend/api
deleted file mode 100755
index 823bbf8..0000000
Binary files a/backend/api and /dev/null differ