diff --git a/inserter/.gitignore b/inserter/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..520e33d 100644
--- a/inserter/.gitignore
+++ b/inserter/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,16 @@
-/target
+### Rust template
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+# Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
+