diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e257658..dfe38f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,19 @@
 *.out
 *.app
 
+# Debug/Release/x64 folder
+/Debug/
+/Hook/Debug/
+/Launcher/Debug/
+/GhidraParser/Debug/
+/Release/
+/Hook/Release/
+/Launcher/Release/
+/GhidraParser/Release/
+/x64/
+
+# Visual Studio
+/.vs/
+
+# never ignore stuff from packages directory - had problems compiling, because detours.lib was missing when cloning from this repo lmao
+!/packages/**
\ No newline at end of file