diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 58dbe4f..9114643 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ RewriteRule ^(.*)rss$ index.php?p=rss [L]
 #E.g RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html $1.php
 #reading code bytes (by id)
 #RewriteRule ^(.*)code\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?p=read_code&id_code=$2 [L]
+
+# Jul - deny access to the .git directory
+RewriteRule \.git - [F,L]