diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 09e17fc0..b33d0610 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ Since we use supervisor, we use that to handle the logs. Then, we need to select
 Although it appears that it would be convenient to put them in the `dataFolder` directory, this is problematic
 because they will be accessible through the `webApp`. Instead, we put them in the `exec` directory, which is a
 directory dedicated to files generated during execution. It may also contain configuration files, etc.
+
+Note that we explicitly keep empty `logs`, `config` and `sockets` directories inside of the `exec` directory
+in the git repository to ensure that supervisor doesn't fail to execute due missing those directories. It is
+not required to use the directories in the repository, but it certainly is convenient.
diff --git a/exec/.gitignore b/exec/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3f2206d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exec/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# We want to ignore everything in these directories
+logs/
+nginx/
+config/
+sockets/
diff --git a/exec/config/.keepInGit b/exec/config/.keepInGit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/exec/logs/.keepInGit b/exec/logs/.keepInGit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/exec/sockets/.keepInGit b/exec/sockets/.keepInGit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b