diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68d1bf3..c622287 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 *.flac
 .vscode
+model/*
 datasets/
 birdnet.conf
 IdentifiedSoFar.txt