diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 12e53b7..b9f9f33 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ config.json
 data.json
 hitcount.txt
 *.swp
+data/
 webroot/
 images/*
diff --git a/data/data.json b/data/data.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a05db39..0000000
--- a/data/data.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"hitcount":45}
\ No newline at end of file