diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b359458a..000000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53030c803..f51063449 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 *.exe
 *.dll
 
+.DS_Store
+
 # Ignore simulation generated metrics files
 /metrics/prometheus
 /metrics/waku-sim-all-nodes-grafana-dashboard.json