diff --git a/public/.gitignore b/public/.gitignore
index 0bdb976..cb23876 100644
--- a/public/.gitignore
+++ b/public/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-scratch
\ No newline at end of file
+scratch/
+scratch/*
+/scratch
+scratch/.*
+
+# Ignore all files in the scratch directory and its subdirectories
\ No newline at end of file