diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 32183cd37..62a3a06a0 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ uploads
 *.db
 _test
 Pipfile
-
-/data
\ No newline at end of file
+data/*
\ No newline at end of file