diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf373419..4970055b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 .DS_Store
 node_modules
-/dist
-
 
 # local env files
 .env.local
diff --git a/dist/test_file b/dist/test_file
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b