diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86eb2e5d77..42358310bf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ documentation/user-manual/user-manual.html
 documentation/user-manual/user-manual.pdf
 documentation/user-manual/user-manual.tgz
 pull-*/
+bitbake/lib/toaster/contrib/tts/backlog.txt
+bitbake/lib/toaster/contrib/tts/log/*
+bitbake/lib/toaster/contrib/tts/.cache/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/contrib/tts/recv.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/contrib/tts/recv.py
index 2faf8d08c7..07efdac44b 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/contrib/tts/recv.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/contrib/tts/recv.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # |[full/path]/recv.py
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-import sys, os, config, shellutils
+import sys, config, shellutils
 
 from email.parser import Parser
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def main():
     subject_parts = subject.split()
     if "[review-request]" in subject_parts:
         task_name = subject_parts[subject_parts.index("[review-request]") + 1]
-        with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), config.BACKLOGFILE), "a") as fout:
+        with open(config.BACKLOGFILE, "a") as fout:
             line = "%s|%s\n" % (task_name, config.TASKS.PENDING)
             fout.write(line)