diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.gitignore b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.gitignore
index 8a725a9..9aa581e 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.gitignore	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.gitignore	
@@ -63,15 +63,12 @@ target/
 *.db
 *.rdb
 
-# Media
-serraview/media/
-
 # Pycharm
 .idea
 
 # IPython NB Checkpoints
 .ipynb_checkpoints/
 
-# exclude data
+# exclude data from source control by default
 data/