diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f792ae6b8..ede33151b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 *.nar
 *.ear
 *.zip
-*.tar.gz
+*.gz
 *.rar
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 656c1b443..82ec85ccd 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
     <file>logs/latest.log</file>
     <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-      <fileNamePattern>logs/log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}_%d{HH}.log.tar.gz</fileNamePattern>
+      <fileNamePattern>logs/log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}_%d{HH}.log.gz</fileNamePattern>
       <maxHistory>24</maxHistory>
     </rollingPolicy>
     <encoder>