diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c0009b..e31bddc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 venv/
 
-# ignore all settings.json files
-**/settings.json
\ No newline at end of file
+# ignore the contents of the directory data
+data/*
\ No newline at end of file