diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3389c86..e4da0b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .zig-cache/
 zig-out/
+data/*
+!data/.gitkeep
diff --git a/data/.gitkeep b/data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29