diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7041864..6bc0743 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-# Python
+### Python
 *.pyc
 
 ### Project
 # virtual environments
 .venv/
 .venv*/
-# data
-data/
diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b7ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore