diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8570a09..a3234a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,4 +47,7 @@ next-env.d.ts
 # drizzle-kit pull side outputs; only db/amigo/schema.ts is kept
 /db/amigo/*.sql
 /db/amigo/meta/
-/db/amigo/relations.ts
\ No newline at end of file
+/db/amigo/relations.ts
+
+# local MariaDB dump backups
+backup/
\ No newline at end of file