diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0152b6e..d32bb81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-__pycache__
-node_modules
-.mypy_cache
-.venv
+# LNbits runtime data — auth keys, DB files, etc. Never commit.
+data/
+*.sqlite3
+*.sqlite3-journal
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
diff --git a/data/.lnbits_auth_key b/data/.lnbits_auth_key
deleted file mode 100644
index 7254c05..0000000
--- a/data/.lnbits_auth_key
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-998ce48821b746c78ec676409ee9efc6
\ No newline at end of file