diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f25714d3759..7ba77672df2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ coverage/
 awsconfig
 /dist
 /emails/dist
-/public/app_gen
+/public/.app_gen
 /tmp
 
 docs/AWS_S3_BUCKET
diff --git a/public/app/components/require.config.js b/public/app/components/require.config.js
index 7db59e2b59a..268d782114a 100644
--- a/public/app/components/require.config.js
+++ b/public/app/components/require.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require.config({
   urlArgs: 'bust=' + (new Date().getTime()),
-  baseUrl: 'public/app_gen',
+  baseUrl: 'public/.app_gen',
 
   paths: {
     config:                   'components/config',
diff --git a/public/views/index.html b/public/views/index.html
index 69b3dd6a66b..bf7c5c969c3 100644
--- a/public/views/index.html
+++ b/public/views/index.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 		<!-- build:js [[.AppSubUrl]]/app/app.js -->
     <script src="[[.AppSubUrl]]/public/vendor/requirejs/require.js"></script>
-    <script src="[[.AppSubUrl]]/public/app_gen/components/require.config.js"></script>
+    <script src="[[.AppSubUrl]]/public/.app_gen/components/require.config.js"></script>
     <!-- endbuild -->
   </head>
 
diff --git a/tasks/options/copy.js b/tasks/options/copy.js
index 48d4514e612..9bd4ad9571f 100644
--- a/tasks/options/copy.js
+++ b/tasks/options/copy.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       cwd: '<%= srcDir %>/app',
       expand: true,
       src: ['**/*.js', '**/*.html'],
-      dest: '<%= srcDir %>/app_gen'
+      dest: '<%= srcDir %>/.app_gen'
     }
 
   };
diff --git a/tasks/options/typescript.js b/tasks/options/typescript.js
index 752b8ab4eb7..87c1cab5573 100644
--- a/tasks/options/typescript.js
+++ b/tasks/options/typescript.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
   return {
     build: {
       src: ['public/app/**/*.ts'],
-      dest: 'public/app_gen',
+      dest: 'public/.app_gen',
       options: {
         module: 'amd', //or commonjs
         target: 'es5', //or es3
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
     },
     watch: {
       src: ['public/app/**/*.ts'],
-      dest: 'public/app_gen',
+      dest: 'public/.app_gen',
       options: {
         module: 'amd', //or commonjs
         target: 'es5', //or es3
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a89d0f30933..e8b34801c24 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
         "sourceMap": true,
         "declaration": true,
-        "outDir": "public/app_gen",
+        "outDir": "public/.app_gen",
         "target": "ES5",
         "rootDir": "public/app",
         "module": "amd",