diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 2eea525d8..7e197cba4 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+
+data/
\ No newline at end of file