diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04a064844..115fb9924 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ dmypy.json
 configs/local/default.yaml
 /data/
 /logs/
+/pretrained/
 .env
 
 # Aim logging
diff --git a/pretrained/.gitkeep b/pretrained/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb