diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 682d67f..c6d8557 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ app/storage/test.db
 
 ### Logs ###
 error.log
-app/storage/cache/
+app/storage/cache/*
+!app/storage/cache/.gitkeep
 
 # Nix
 .direnv/
diff --git a/app/storage/cache/rate_limit/f528764d624db129b32c21fbca0cb8d6.json b/app/storage/cache/rate_limit/f528764d624db129b32c21fbca0cb8d6.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bb34157..0000000
--- a/app/storage/cache/rate_limit/f528764d624db129b32c21fbca0cb8d6.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[1777139640]
\ No newline at end of file