diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54d8d6002..2cc91826c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ logs
 sql_db_table.json
 build/
 dist/
+error_file
diff --git a/error_file b/error_file
deleted file mode 100644
index 005c57f86..000000000
--- a/error_file
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"error_message": "error", "document_received": {"message": "my event message"}, "document_processed": {}}