diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88507d9772493e1a656f28cfbde845605ae432ad..d4a2b4c5f7e082bf103bd66c2c709dc9a4367759 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 # Folders to ignore
 results/
+validation/private
 
 # Ignore all configs by default and only add some to be kept
 src/configs/*