diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b0d8e5..f81569d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ dmypy.json
 *.json
 plots/*
 
+!example_data/anns/*.json
+
 # Model experiments
 experiments/*