diff --git a/exclude b/exclude
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c3f7f3..0000000
--- a/exclude
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*~
-*.html
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a14c8c8..40499af 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@ EOF
   git add fugitive/templates/* fugitive.css >/dev/null
   git commit -m "fugitive inital import" >/dev/null
   echo "done."
-  echo -n "Preventing git to track generated html files... "
-  (base64 -d | gunzip) > .git/info/exclude <<EOF
-#INCLUDE:exclude#
-EOF
+  echo -n "Preventing git to track temp files... "
+  echo "*~" > .git/info/exclude
   echo "done."
   cd -
   echo "Installation complete, please see the README file for an howto."