diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a102ed..c9cebd2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
-# ignore everything
-*
-# except for .gitignore files in the current directory
-!.gitignore
+# ignore root files and root dirs
+/*
 
+!.gitignore
 !.htaccess
-!user/pages
-!user/pages/**
-!user/plugins/losung
-!user/plugins/losung/**
-!user/plugins/python-script
-!user/plugins/python-script/**
-!user/themes/church
-!user/themes/church/**
+
+!/user
+/user/*
+
+#whitelist pages
+!/user/pages
+
+
+#ignore plugins
+!/user/plugins
+/user/plugins/*
+
+# whitelist losung and python-script
+!/user/plugins/losung
+!/user/plugins/python-script
+
+#ignore themes
+!/user/themes
+/user/themes/*
+# whitelist church
+!/user/themes/church
 
 
 # old entries for reference:
diff --git a/user/themes/church/templates/css b/user/themes/church/templates/css
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..d2d7c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/themes/church/templates/css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../css
\ No newline at end of file