diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82e4d5a..124bc64 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 /__pycache__/*
 /__init__.py
 /logs
-/openra/data
 /openra/data/*
 /openra/settings.py
diff --git a/openra/data/.gitignore b/openra/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0163850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openra/data/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!.gitignore