diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8382e2a..9c5b19c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 .kitchen.local.yml
 Gemfile.lock
 terraform.tfstate.d/
-kubeconfig
-config-map-aws-auth.yaml
 eks-admin-cluster-role-binding.yaml
 eks-admin-service-account.yaml
 .idea/
+config-map-aws-auth*.yaml
+kubeconfig_*
diff --git a/aws_auth.tf b/aws_auth.tf
index 6b19dbc..b0bbb32 100644
--- a/aws_auth.tf
+++ b/aws_auth.tf
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 resource "local_file" "config_map_aws_auth" {
   content  = "${data.template_file.config_map_aws_auth.rendered}"
-  filename = "${var.config_output_path}/config-map-aws-auth_${var.cluster_name}.yaml"
+  filename = "${var.config_output_path}config-map-aws-auth_${var.cluster_name}.yaml"
   count    = "${var.manage_aws_auth ? 1 : 0}"
 }
 
 resource "null_resource" "update_config_map_aws_auth" {
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command = "kubectl apply -f ${var.config_output_path}/config-map-aws-auth_${var.cluster_name}.yaml --kubeconfig ${var.config_output_path}/kubeconfig_${var.cluster_name}"
+    command = "kubectl apply -f ${var.config_output_path}config-map-aws-auth_${var.cluster_name}.yaml --kubeconfig ${var.config_output_path}kubeconfig_${var.cluster_name}"
   }
 
   triggers {
diff --git a/kubectl.tf b/kubectl.tf
index ec39963..e39cc8c 100644
--- a/kubectl.tf
+++ b/kubectl.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 resource "local_file" "kubeconfig" {
   content  = "${data.template_file.kubeconfig.rendered}"
-  filename = "${var.config_output_path}/kubeconfig_${var.cluster_name}"
+  filename = "${var.config_output_path}kubeconfig_${var.cluster_name}"
   count    = "${var.write_kubeconfig ? 1 : 0}"
 }
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 762a89a..45369c4 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variable "cluster_version" {
 }
 
 variable "config_output_path" {
-  description = "Determines where config files are placed if using configure_kubectl_session and you want config files to land outside the current working directory."
+  description = "Determines where config files are placed if using configure_kubectl_session and you want config files to land outside the current working directory. Should end in a forward slash / ."
   default     = "./"
 }