diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70e353551a23800ce5eff2c037c29bcbed26f746..f8122620304b0b851666c630d9bcd59052acdaa4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ venv
 jppy/__init__.py
 jppy/version.py
 pip-wheel-metadata
+scratch