diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 25d6245..e9ea5b6 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ ENV/
 instance/
 .webassets-cache
 
+# Persistent data folder (containers, database, uploads)
+data/
+
 # IDEs
 .vscode/
 .idea/
@@ -52,3 +55,7 @@ htmlcov/
 dist/
 build/
 *.egg-info/
+
+#data
+data/
+