diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.gitignore b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.gitignore
index de986bd..9aa581e 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.gitignore	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.gitignore	
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ target/
 .ipynb_checkpoints/
 
 # exclude data from source control by default
-./data/
+data/