diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bbc738b931..d285d0ded9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -130,4 +130,5 @@ runs
 examples/runs
 
 # data
-data
\ No newline at end of file
+data
+serialization_dir
\ No newline at end of file