diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c3a2b41..9f773d5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ coverage
 .nyc_output
 coverage.lcov
 /lib
+/data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/.empty b/data/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29