diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1a1e59..f1a26c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 .mydepend
 ./pipeline/miscTools/*.out
 
+output_*
+pipeline/ramses_simulation.py
 external/libsdf/libsw/Malloc.c
 c_tools/hod/hod
 c_tools/zobov2/jozov2/jozov2
diff --git a/python_tools/void_python_tools/backend/launchers.py b/python_tools/void_python_tools/backend/launchers.py
index 6cd4cfa..97b0494 100644
--- a/python_tools/void_python_tools/backend/launchers.py
+++ b/python_tools/void_python_tools/backend/launchers.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def launchGenerate(sample, binPath, workDir=None, inputDataDir=None,
       elif sample.dataFormat == "sdf":
         dataFileLine = "sdf " + datafile
       elif sample.dataFormat == "ramses":
-        dataFileLine = "ramses " + os.path.split(datafile)[0] # just want the output directory
+        dataFileLine = "ramses " + os.path.split(datafile)[0] + '/' # just want the output directory
       else:
         raise ValueError("unknown dataFormat '%s'" % sample.dataFormat)