diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69d455a..84dd42e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ data/attendance.json
 data/leaves.json
 data/sessionPreferences.json
 data/tg-history/
+data/updates/.message-ids.json
 
 # Emoji data
 emoji-uploads/
diff --git a/data/updates/.message-ids.json b/data/updates/.message-ids.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fed52b..0000000
--- a/data/updates/.message-ids.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "v0.1": "1515023605946257429"
-}
\ No newline at end of file