diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28b3f9f62..786fc03f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 composer.phar
 configs/local.php
 data/avatars
-data/torrent_files
+#data/torrent_files
 internal_data/ajax_html
 internal_data/atom
 internal_data/cache
diff --git a/data/torrent_files/thumbs/.keep b/data/torrent_files/thumbs/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb