diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85cb4bc55..eeb1c2624 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 .project
 .cache
 target
+obp-api/src/main/resources/
 obp-api/src/test/resources/**
 !obp-api/src/test/resources/frozen_type_meta_data
 *.iml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 683684bc1..ec91bfc5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Note: Your Java environment may need to be setup correctly to use SSL
 
 Restart OBP-API, if you get an error, check your Java environment can connect to the host over SSL.
 
-Note you can copy the following example files to prepare your own configurations:
+Note: You can copy the following example files to prepare your own configurations
  - /obp-api/src/main/resources/logback.xml.example -> /obp-api/src/main/resources/logback.xml (try TRACE or DEBUG)
  - /obp-api/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml.example -> /obp-api/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml (try TRACE or DEBUG)