diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a9173d0..b8f314c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
-build/*
 trumpotron
+
+build/*
+!build/.keep
+
+*.txt
+!trump_speech.txt
diff --git a/build/.keep b/build/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e4bbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/.keep
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+temp files for building