diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8cfb7fb8af1ac9f96c5a284459a840ceaa421018..1ade888129707fa0cd8bd18bc1c0ba23ac113ce2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ server/src/Org.OpenAPITools/.gitignore
 build.*
 
 # database data directory
-data/
+server/data/
+
+# database directory
+server/programs/MongoDB/
+!server/programs/MongoDB/kill_MongoDB.bat
+!server/programs/MongoDB/startMongoDB.bat
+!server/programs/MongoDB/readme.md
 
 #generated readme
 server/README.md