diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7512bf44c5069a8d3fca118c18aaa48e2692a821..807f128c492443d9b0d9c9b5bc19146b33ceaa69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 !.gitkeep
 /public
-/static/images/*
+/static/images/scRNAseq_huPr_D/*
 
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/git,linux,macos,windows
 # Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=git,linux,macos,windows
diff --git a/static/images/.gitkeep b/static/images/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391