diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19b1c92..f7c650d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 *.log
 config.ini
 .deepseek
-*.tar.gz
-*.zip
+/builds/
 
 _search_save_type.py
 notalterra-linux
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8329f9a..cf6a3a2 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -34,14 +34,15 @@ fi
 
 echo ""
 echo "=== Packaging release archives ==="
-LINUX_ARCHIVE="notalterra-v${VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+mkdir -p builds
+LINUX_ARCHIVE="builds/notalterra-v${VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
 cp target/release/notalterra notalterra
 tar -czf "$LINUX_ARCHIVE" notalterra
 rm -f notalterra
 echo "  $LINUX_ARCHIVE ($(du -h "$LINUX_ARCHIVE" | cut -f1))"
 
 if [ "$WINDOWS_SKIP" -eq 0 ]; then
-    WIN_ARCHIVE="notalterra-v${VERSION}-windows-x64.zip"
+    WIN_ARCHIVE="builds/notalterra-v${VERSION}-windows-x64.zip"
     cp target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/notalterra.exe notalterra.exe
     zip -q "$WIN_ARCHIVE" notalterra.exe
     rm -f notalterra.exe