diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bcca001..5acd264 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -149,4 +149,7 @@ ref-test/testing.py
 database/data/
 
 # Ignore Encryption Keyfile
-.encryption.key
\ No newline at end of file
+.encryption.key
+
+# Ignore Data Dir
+**/data/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ref-test/data/.gitignore b/ref-test/data/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f59ec20..0000000
--- a/ref-test/data/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*
\ No newline at end of file