diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cae31ec..321e44c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 *.pyc
 config.yaml
+node.db
+test/data/*
diff --git a/test/data/README b/test/data/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6e6a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Testing/development files (such as node databases) can be stored here. They're automatically ignored by Git.