diff --git a/Grails.gitignore b/Grails.gitignore
index b827da05..083b60f3 100644
--- a/Grails.gitignore
+++ b/Grails.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # .gitignore for Grails 1.2 and 1.3
 
 # web application files
-/web-app/WEB-INF
+/web-app/WEB-INF/classes
 
 # IDE support files
 /.classpath