diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3e28db..9d21181 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 error-log.txt
 backups/*
 !backups/index.php
+data/*
+!data/.gitkeep
 lib/config-*
 plugins/*
 !plugins/index.php
 test/test-file1.txt
 tmp/*
-!tmp/index.php
\ No newline at end of file
+!tmp/index.php