diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index edf7bb5..d261a06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ build/
 # Models / artifacts (downloaded HF caches, trained LGBM)
 backend/artifacts/
 backend/.cache/
+backend/data/
 .huggingface/
 
 # Node