diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 49e80b6e..4225a8c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### TorrentPier ###
 .idea/
 data/avatars/
-data/old_files/
+##data/old_files/
 data/torrent_files/
 internal_data/ajax_html/*.html
 internal_data/atom/
diff --git a/data/old_files/thumbs/.keep b/data/old_files/thumbs/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b