diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c23aeea93..9e2781708 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ target/
 *.java~
 *.properties~
 *.xml~
+sessionStore
 
 ### system ignore ###
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/sessionStore/root.data b/sessionStore/root.data
deleted file mode 100644
index 885d5ed2c..000000000
Binary files a/sessionStore/root.data and /dev/null differ