diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3fa9a2550c..b8c10c9bb7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ firmware/rusefi_ram_report.txt
 doxygen/
 .idea
 workspace.xml
+java_console_binary
diff --git a/java_console/build.xml b/java_console/build.xml
index edaa1707d8..66a3d303e4 100644
--- a/java_console/build.xml
+++ b/java_console/build.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <project default="jar">
-    <property name="jar_file" value="../java_console_binary/rusefi_console.jar"/>
+    <property name="jar_file_folder" value="../java_console_binary"/>
+    <property name="jar_file" value="${jar_file_folder}/rusefi_console.jar"/>
 
     <target name="clean">
         <delete dir="build"/>
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
             <format property="TODAY" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" />
         </tstamp>
 
+        <mkdir dir="${jar_file_folder}"/>
         <jar destfile="${jar_file}" basedir="build/classes">
             <manifest>
                 <attribute name="Main-Class" value="com.rusefi.Launcher"/>
diff --git a/java_console_binary/.gitignore b/java_console_binary/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index cb838292eb..0000000000
--- a/java_console_binary/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rusefi_console.jar