diff --git a/private_gpt/static/checked/.gitignore b/private_gpt/static/checked/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c96a04f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private_gpt/static/checked/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/private_gpt/static/unchecked/.gitignore b/private_gpt/static/unchecked/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c96a04f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private_gpt/static/unchecked/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file