diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 913399a..a3e2f22 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ data/rag/*
 # qrz db
 data/qrz.db
 
-# fileMon
-news.txt
-alert.txt
+# fileMonitor test file
 bee.txt
 
 # .csv files
diff --git a/data/news.txt b/data/news.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f3fc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/news.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no new news is good news!
\ No newline at end of file