diff --git a/src/main/java/org/web3j/console/project/AbstractProject.java b/src/main/java/org/web3j/console/project/AbstractProject.java
index 69fa1ae..cfc22b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/web3j/console/project/AbstractProject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/web3j/console/project/AbstractProject.java
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ protected void generateWallet()
         projectWallet =
                 new ProjectWallet(
                         ProjectUtils.generateWalletPassword(), projectStructure.getWalletPath());
+
+        ProjectWriter.writeResourceFile(
+                projectWallet.getPasswordFileName(),
+                ".gitignore",
+                projectStructure.getWalletPath());
+
         ProjectWriter.writeResourceFile(
                 projectWallet.getWalletPassword(),
                 projectWallet.getPasswordFileName(),
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/web3j/console/project/kotlin/KotlinProject.java b/src/main/java/org/web3j/console/project/kotlin/KotlinProject.java
index 27a6102..529dda0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/web3j/console/project/kotlin/KotlinProject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/web3j/console/project/kotlin/KotlinProject.java
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ protected void generateWallet()
         projectWallet =
                 new ProjectWallet(
                         ProjectUtils.generateWalletPassword(), projectStructure.getWalletPath());
+
+        ProjectWriter.writeResourceFile(
+                projectWallet.getPasswordFileName(),
+                ".gitignore",
+                projectStructure.getWalletPath());
+
         ProjectWriter.writeResourceFile(
                 projectWallet.getWalletPassword(),
                 projectWallet.getPasswordFileName(),