diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/.gitignore b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/.gitignore
index a0160c84..b20c3a8d 100644
--- a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/.gitignore
+++ b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ backend/coverage.html
 backend/.golangci-cache/
 backend/data/
 backend/keys/
+# stray binaries from `go build ./cmd/<name>` run in backend/
+backend/canary
+backend/healthcheck
+backend/buildpdftemplate
+backend/builddocxtemplate
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Frontend (Node / Vite)
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/healthcheck b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/healthcheck
deleted file mode 100755
index 1da49c71..00000000
Binary files a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/healthcheck and /dev/null differ