diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c5cf88a88e0ae3ee15be3ed80f1689a909ffe9b5..d794094159d4d5a81e54f5a6d8ae223b19d6af94 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 PDFs/*.pdf
-**/Examples/artefacts
\ No newline at end of file
+**/artefacts/**
+!**/.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Examples/artefacts/.gitkeep b/Examples/artefacts/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391