diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d82974b0..0ffd3a74 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ _build
 data/secmod/*
 !data/secmod/.gitkeep
 
-dbinit_sql
+taler_exchange_sql
diff --git a/tools/dbinit.sh b/tools/dbinit.sh
index 7bb52d4f..ae85d04a 100755
--- a/tools/dbinit.sh
+++ b/tools/dbinit.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -e
 taler_repo_url="https://git-www.taler.net/exchange.git/"
 
 tmp_dir="/tmp/taler_exchange"
-out_dir="./dbinit_sql"
+out_dir="./taler_exchange_sql"
 init_sql="${out_dir}/init.sql"
 drop_sql="${out_dir}/drop.sql"