diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 22e468d..cea68c8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -111,3 +111,6 @@ tests/
 
 # temp data for databaseCreator so it can be run from the last point
 database.temp
+
+# Jupyter notebooks for testing
+*.ipynb