diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4029bf..377b0b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ checkpoints/
 
 # Predicted/scratch parquet files dropped in the repo root
 /*.parquet
+
+# Scratch working directory
+/scratchpad/