diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5053c37ba3..85a6c74ba7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Ignore object files.
 *.o
 build
+tags
 
 # Ignore locally installed node_modules
 node_modules
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 63c2f5ac81..458f48c944 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ for file in RIPPLE_SRCS:
 
 rippled = env.Program('build/rippled', RIPPLE_OBJS)
 
-tags = env.CTags('build/obj/tags', RIPPLE_SRCS)
+tags = env.CTags('tags', RIPPLE_SRCS)
 
 Default(rippled, tags)