diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e4d4a9..b3c8448 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ tests/*
 !tests/pytest.ini
 
 # Ignore logs/data/certs
-logs/
-data/
-certs/
+logs/*
+data/*
+certs/*
+
+# Except README in logs/data/certs
+!logs/README.md
+!data/README.md
+!certs/README.md
diff --git a/certs/README.md b/certs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9881855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/certs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Certs Directory
+
+Place your created certs in this directory
diff --git a/data/README.md b/data/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7e7d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Data Directory
+
+Where Bumper executes persistent data will be stored here (bumper.db)
diff --git a/logs/README.md b/logs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e8687a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Logs Directory
+
+When Bumper executes, logs will be created here