diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0eac0b6..a816ee8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ Papila/*
 REFUGE/*
 old_**/
 models/*
-!models/refuge
-!models/v2
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# model artifacts
+models/refuge/
+models/v2/refuge/