diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 282f3cb400ad3cd89ba6d0803d4c859a90075638..cce8e735c1854fe90825288cd9169db41e02596a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/macos,python,R,linux,vim,emacs
 
 ### Emacs ###
@@ -278,3 +277,7 @@ tags
 # Pipfiles
 Pipfile
 Pipfile.lock
+
+
+# NER training files
+./data/train_NER/1*_20*.txt
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