diff --git a/.config/doom/.gitignore b/.config/doom/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ee6a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/doom/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+init.el
+local.el
+packages.el
diff --git a/.config/doom/config.el b/.config/doom/config.el
index 81d2b01..e6ccc8a 100644
--- a/.config/doom/config.el
+++ b/.config/doom/config.el
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 (setq org-image-actual-width 300)
 
-(defvar user-data-dir "~/data")
+(defvar user-data-dir "~/data" "Location of the main user data")
 
 ;; If you use `org' and don't want your org files in the default location below,
 ;; change `org-directory'. It must be set before org loads!
diff --git a/.ignore b/.ignore
index 048718e..35678fb 100644
--- a/.ignore
+++ b/.ignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+data/
 daten/
+games/
 .cache/