diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3130149..85b3372 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ node_modules/
 .vscode
 test/circuits/artifacts
 out.log
-src/circuit_tests/artifacts
+src/circuit_tests/artifacts/*
+!src/circuit_tests/artifacts/
+!src/circuit_tests/artifacts/.keep
+