diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc48f8137c07a2b190bbc62ba1cc664c4fc44022..5c16028e2e7b778381839d0bd47106bc342a140d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Source/Fortran/CONVERT2*
 *.tar*
 Run/ECMWF_ENV
 Run/Workspace/*
-Run/Jobscripts/*
+Run/Jobscripts/*sh
 Test/Installation/Convert/VERTICAL.EC
 Test/Installation/Convert/fort.15
 For_developers/Sphinx/build_temp
diff --git a/Run/Jobscripts/README b/Run/Jobscripts/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c2f9bc2a4466889375ec831c78672f0b330e347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Run/Jobscripts/README
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# @Author: Anne Philipp
+#
+# @Date: December, 19 2019
+#
+# @Description: 
+#    This file is just to keep the Jobscript directory not empty. 
+#    Otherwise the directory could not be collected to the tarball.
+#
+# @Licence:
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+#
+#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
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