diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8215fd5..e5d61c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,5 +34,7 @@ yarn-debug.log*
 /config/credentials/production.key
 
 __pycache__
-ml/decree-embeddings/models/
-ml/decree-embeddings/data/
\ No newline at end of file
+ml/decree-embeddings/models/*
+!ml/decree-embeddings/models/.gitkeep
+ml/decree-embeddings/data/*
+!ml/decree-embeddings/data/.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 10cb45d..a1846a9 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 set :whenever_identifier, -> { "#{fetch(:application)}-#{fetch(:stage)}" }
 
 # Links
-set :linked_files, fetch(:linked_files, []).push('.env', 'config/credentials/production.key')
+set :linked_files,
+    fetch(:linked_files, []).push('.env', 'config/credentials/production.key', 'ml/decree-embeddings/models/reducer.pk')
 set :linked_dirs,
     fetch(:linked_dirs, []).push(
       'log',
diff --git a/ml/decree-embeddings/data/.gitkeep b/ml/decree-embeddings/data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/ml/decree-embeddings/models/.gitkeep b/ml/decree-embeddings/models/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29