diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bcc54c4..e127bc5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 conf/*.conf
+data/
diff --git a/data/.keepme b/data/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29