diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index dd80e37..2f0b4b1 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
   });
 
   eleventyConfig.on("eleventy.before", async () => {
-    // mkdir ./src/_includes/css/ if necessary
-    fs.mkdir("./src/_includes/css/", (err) => {
-      if (err) {
-        return console.error(err);
-      }
-      console.log("Directory created successfully!");
-    });
-
     // iterate over scss files
     let files = fs.readdirSync("./src/scss/");
     files.forEach((file) => {
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0277667..71bad4a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ node_modules/
 _site/
 
 content/
-report/
-src/_includes/css
+
+src/_includes/css/*.css
 
 *.log
diff --git a/src/_includes/css/.gitkeep b/src/_includes/css/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29