diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6d277f80..2349e1e02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ ui/node_modules
 ui/dist
 apps/static
 models/
+!apps/**/models/
 data
 .dev
 poetry.lock