diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 872a4be..bcfb619 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
 
-backend/data
+backend/data/db.json
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 5eb03b1..056fe5c 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Data
-data
+data/db.json
 
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/backend/data/.keep b/backend/data/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29