diff --git a/.ci/generateIndex.py b/.ci/generateIndex.py
index abff9642f8b1b9fa15315d5455ecce1c73ce09f0..c27d9bd39bb57328125775e64ae6114be2688530 100644
--- a/.ci/generateIndex.py
+++ b/.ci/generateIndex.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def save_order(localroot, root, filename):
     with open(filename, 'r') as f:
         for line in f:
             # check for the start of the section
-            #print(line)
             if line[0:6] == "order:":
                 order = line[7:]
                 break
@@ -59,6 +58,19 @@ def save_order(localroot, root, filename):
 
     return order.rstrip()
 
+def get_ignore():
+    return ["404.html",
+            "Gemfile",
+            "Gemfile.lock",
+            "README.md",
+            "_config.yml",
+            "_site",
+            "assets",
+            "help.md",
+            "index.md",
+            "pagination.md"
+            ]
+
 def save_legacy_from(localroot, root, filename):
     legacy_from = []
     os.chdir(root)
@@ -124,6 +136,8 @@ def remove_header(localroot, root, filename):
 # loop through the entire internal tree
 localroot = os.getcwd()
 
+# retrieve ignore list
+ignore = get_ignore()
 
 # generate the index properly speaking
 cardDirs = ["internal", "external", "policies"]
@@ -136,7 +150,7 @@ for direct in cardDirs:
         dirs = natsorted(dirs)
 
         for d in dirs:
-            if d[0] != ".":
+            if d[0] != "." and d not in ignore:
                 sections.append(d)
 
 sections = list(set(sections))
@@ -149,17 +163,18 @@ whiteList = ''
 
 localIndexArr = [[]] * len(sections)
 orderArr = [[]] * len(sections)
+
 for folder in cardDirs:
     # FolderFlag gets set to true at the first iteration
     folderFlag = True
 
     # check if folder exists
-    if path.isdir(folder):
+    if path.isdir(folder) and folder not in ignore:
         dirs = os.listdir(folder)
         dirs = natsorted(dirs)
 
         for d in dirs:
-            if d[0] != ".":
+            if d[0] != "." and d not in ignore:
                 # set the header of the section
                 #index += "\n### " + d.replace("-", " ").capitalize() + "\n"
 
@@ -167,7 +182,6 @@ for folder in cardDirs:
                 indexS = sections.index(d)
                 maxOrder = 0
 
-                #print(indexS)
                 if len(localIndexArr[indexS]) == 0:
                     localIndexArr[indexS] = ["\n"]