diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d40434d64211e92aee925553d1e87d57b0ed08d..6453cf86bf05607f7df69f1e64e09312f43f360d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@
 *.i*86
 *.x86_64
 *.hex
+
+# Backup files
+*~
diff --git a/Arduino/SatNOGS-V2_2/SatNOGS_V2_2.ino~ b/Arduino/SatNOGS-V2_2/SatNOGS_V2_2.ino~
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000