diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index aeac089..edda355 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ env/
 *.sqlite3
 data/db/*.json
 data/images/
+test_data/
 
 # Flask
 instance/