diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f65a02309839e8d0fa85a2717bbba29ad72fad77..52938a006ac5ffc10dc3ba0cf2ce17bd3341a4b0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ranges.csv
 .DS_Store
 .*.swp
 
-thunderbirdparser/release/
-ImageGallery/release/
+/thunderbirdparser/release/
+/ImageGallery/release/
+/RecentActivity/release/
 
diff --git a/RecentActivity/build.xml b/RecentActivity/build.xml
index e0423691ab366952daf5f3d4d1711b65d3a1286d..c842d1615ae7bfe06874ffda03aefc5f92d22617 100644
--- a/RecentActivity/build.xml
+++ b/RecentActivity/build.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         <!--Override clean to delete jars, etc downloaded with Ivy  
         or copied in from thirdparty folder.  This way we don't end up with 
         out-of-date/unneeded stuff in the installer-->
+        <mkdir dir="${release.dir}"/>
         <delete includeemptydirs="true">
             <fileset dir="${release.dir}" includes="**/*"/>
         </delete>