diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86155fd..978edc3 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 *.png
-higher/data/
+#Ignore datasets
+higher/data/*
+# keep data folder
+!higher/data/.gitkeep 
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/higher/data/.gitkeep b/higher/data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29