diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8839b2a..f0cb7cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -159,4 +159,5 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
-log/
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+log/
+state.json
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diff --git a/clear_logs.sh b/clear_logs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..94d6479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clear_logs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))
+rm -rf $SCRIPT_DIR/zigbee2mqtt/log/*
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