diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a3b453..58ff967 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -200,3 +200,4 @@ data/sock-shop-2
 .ar
 data/_fse-ob
 env-dev
+data/syn_circa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1269488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+data