diff --git a/internal/super/setup.go b/internal/super/setup.go
index ffa0ec56d..8c0cdfa7c 100644
--- a/internal/super/setup.go
+++ b/internal/super/setup.go
@@ -112,6 +112,22 @@ func create(
 	return &setupResult{targetDir: targetDir}, nil
 }
 
+func updateGitignore(targetDir string) error {
+	gitignorePath := filepath.Join(targetDir, ".gitignore")
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(gitignorePath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	_, err = f.WriteString("\n# flow\nemulator-account.pkey\nimports\n")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func createConfigOnly(targetDir string, readerWriter flowkit.ReaderWriter) error {
 	params := config.InitConfigParameters{
 		ServiceKeySigAlgo:  "ECDSA_P256",
@@ -130,6 +146,11 @@ func createConfigOnly(targetDir string, readerWriter flowkit.ReaderWriter) error
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err = updateGitignore(targetDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -235,6 +256,11 @@ func startInteractiveSetup(
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	err = updateGitignore(tempDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	// Move the temp directory to the target directory
 	err = os.Rename(tempDir, targetDir)
 	if err != nil {