diff --git a/.data/leads-backup.jsonl b/.data/leads-backup.jsonl
deleted file mode 100644
index 15997a5d..00000000
--- a/.data/leads-backup.jsonl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"timestamp":"2026-06-09T17:18:52.824Z","name":"John Doe","email":"john@example.com","productName":null,"message":"Hello, this is a test message."}\n{"timestamp":"2026-06-09T17:18:52.855Z","name":"Tester","email":"testing@mintel.me","productName":null,"message":"Test"}\n{"timestamp":"2026-06-09T17:20:50.586Z","name":"John Doe","email":"john@example.com","productName":null,"message":"Hello, this is a test message."}\n{"timestamp":"2026-06-09T17:20:50.613Z","name":"Tester","email":"testing@mintel.me","productName":null,"message":"Test"}\n
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d153e80f..c25c1f85 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ html-errors*.json
 reference/
 # Database backups
 backups/
+
+# Local data / backups
+.data/