diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45bb5ba..77ebadf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ hibp_list
 logs
 normalized
 backup_files
-lists
 # temp, test, backup, and log files
+lists/*.txt
 *.tmp.txt
 test_*
 *.bak
diff --git a/lists/README.md b/lists/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29