diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a0b16e1..b2c0bb55 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ build/
 outbreak_data/
 logs/
 staging/
+benchmarks/
 
 # Keep ingest/data directory, but ignore all files within it
 !ingest/data/
@@ -49,4 +50,4 @@ Icon?
 ehthumbs.db
 Thumbs.db
 
-.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/