diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 841dbac..852a042 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ mono_crash.*.json
 *.x86_64
 godot.*.template_release.*
 dist/*
-!dist/.gitkeep
 
 screenshot.png.import
 
diff --git a/dist.sh b/dist.sh
index c2ddf3a..3b44438 100755
--- a/dist.sh
+++ b/dist.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ function log {
     echo -e "\033[1;36m***** $@ *****\033[0m"
 }
 
+mkdir -p dist
+
 log Building application
 
 VERSION="$(godot --headless --no-header -s tools/get_version.gd)"
diff --git a/dist/.gitkeep b/dist/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000