diff --git a/templates/types/simple/express/gitignore b/templates/types/simple/express/gitignore
index 15c3d3d576346a73d81d193ffc345f814cc291ca..7d5e30fc24e77107da0e35176a5c3caebe7f8862 100644
--- a/templates/types/simple/express/gitignore
+++ b/templates/types/simple/express/gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # local env files
 .env
+node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/types/streaming/express/gitignore b/templates/types/streaming/express/gitignore
index 15c3d3d576346a73d81d193ffc345f814cc291ca..7d5e30fc24e77107da0e35176a5c3caebe7f8862 100644
--- a/templates/types/streaming/express/gitignore
+++ b/templates/types/streaming/express/gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # local env files
 .env
+node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file