diff --git a/src/osw/auth.py b/src/osw/auth.py
index 9ebbeea..ab969b3 100644
--- a/src/osw/auth.py
+++ b/src/osw/auth.py
@@ -321,11 +321,13 @@ def save_credentials_to_file(
                 else:
                     # Test if the default_path.osw_files_dir is a subdirectory of the
                     # directory containing the .gitignore file
-                    to_add = f"\n*{default_paths.osw_files_dir.absolute().as_posix()}/*"
+                    to_add = (
+                        f"\n*/{default_paths.osw_files_dir.absolute().as_posix()}/*"
+                    )
                 osw_dir_added = True
-            elif fp.name not in content:
+            elif f"*/{fp.name}" not in content:
                 print(f"Adding '{fp.name}' to gitignore file '{gitignore_fp}'.")
-                to_add = f"\n*{fp.name}"
+                to_add = f"\n*/{fp.name}"
             # If to_add is not empty, write to .gitignore file
             if to_add:
                 with open(gitignore_fp, "a") as stream:
diff --git a/src/osw/defaults.py b/src/osw/defaults.py
index 8b396f7..66dfe7e 100644
--- a/src/osw/defaults.py
+++ b/src/osw/defaults.py
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ class Paths(OswBaseModel):
     _changed: List[str] = PrivateAttr(default_factory=list)
     """A flag to indicate if any of the paths have been changed."""
 
+    def __init__(self, **data):
+        super().__init__(**data)
+        self._changed = [key for key in data.keys() if key != "_changed"]
+
     def __setattr__(self, name, value):
         old_value = getattr(self, name)
         super().__setattr__(name, value)
@@ -81,6 +85,10 @@ def __setattr__(self, name, value):
     def has_changed(self, name):
         return name in self._changed
 
+    @property
+    def changed(self):
+        return self._changed
+
     def on_attribute_set(self, attr_name, new_value, old_value):
         """
         This method is called every time an attribute is set. It is used to update the
@@ -136,19 +144,27 @@ class Params(OswBaseModel):
     _changed: List[str] = PrivateAttr(default_factory=list)
     """A flag to indicate if any of the parameters have been changed."""
 
-    @validator("wiki_domain")
-    def validate_wiki_domain(cls, v):
-        pattern = r"^(?!-)[A-Za-z0-9.-]{1,63}(?<!-)\.[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
-        assert re.match(pattern, v), "The wiki domain is not valid."
-        return v
+    def __init__(self, **data):
+        super().__init__(**data)
+        self._changed = [key for key in data.keys() if key != "_changed"]
 
     def __setattr__(self, name, value):
         super().__setattr__(name, value)
         if name not in self._changed:
             self._changed.append(name)
 
+    @validator("wiki_domain")
+    def validate_wiki_domain(cls, v):
+        pattern = r"^(?!-)[A-Za-z0-9.-]{1,63}(?<!-)\.[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
+        assert re.match(pattern, v), "The wiki domain is not valid."
+        return v
+
     def has_changed(self, name):
         return name in self._changed
 
+    @property
+    def changed(self):
+        return self._changed
+
 
 params = Params()