diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e13fbd19..87b77c91 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ build
 *.DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
 .idea
-*.log
\ No newline at end of file
+*.log
+
+storage/*
+!storage/.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/storage/.gitkeep b/storage/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/storage/db.json b/storage/db.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c156496..00000000
--- a/storage/db.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "notes": []
-}
\ No newline at end of file