diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c9b3c4..f3438b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -161,7 +161,11 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
-controllerClient/
+# nvda files
+controllerClient/*
+!.gitkeep
+
+# build files
 basic.py
 banana.py
 potato.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/controllerClient/.gitkeep b/controllerClient/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29