diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2eff62e8..d2b552757 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ target/
 .DS_Store
 
 # Generated test-vectors for DB
-testdata/micro/db
\ No newline at end of file
+testdata/micro/db
+
+# prometheus data dir
+data/
\ No newline at end of file