diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8bf1dc9..13508d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,4 +54,7 @@ docs/_build/
 target/
 
 # IPython notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
\ No newline at end of file
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# Repo scratch directory
+scratch/
\ No newline at end of file