diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5295c324c5efe429eb68bbe372455791f830ec51..b1674248afa579fb3d31cddf416c3417d920b41e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 singubash.sh
 __pycache__
 .pyc
+lofar_data