diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d13c546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dist/gunicorn_logging_extension-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl
+dist/gunicorn_logging_extension-0.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/gunicorn-logging-extension/pyproject.toml b/gunicorn-logging-extension/pyproject.toml
index edb5a4c..8368f1e 100644
--- a/gunicorn-logging-extension/pyproject.toml
+++ b/gunicorn-logging-extension/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Source = "https://github.com/unknown/gunicorn-logging-extension"
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "src/gunicorn_logging_extension/__init__.py"
 
+[tool.hatch.build]
+directory = "../dist"
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
 dependencies = ["coverage[toml]>=6.5", "pytest"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]