diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ca43ae..87243d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ Cargo.lock
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
 
+# testing logfile
+*.log
diff --git a/saltfish.log b/saltfish.log
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000