diff --git a/acmc/phen.py b/acmc/phen.py
index 130b81b90137f1d89eddb8cc8364362fde9bd76e..b503af68e01a256ebdfbafe0f1586340191fc5f7 100644
--- a/acmc/phen.py
+++ b/acmc/phen.py
@@ -173,7 +173,14 @@ def init(phen_dir, remote_url):
 	config_path = phen_path / CONFIG_FILE
 	with open(config_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
 		json.dump(config, f, indent=4) 
-		
+
+	# TODO: add gitignore
+
+	# Ignore all SQLite database files
+#*.db
+#*.sqlite
+#*.sqlite3
+
 	# add to git repo and commit
 	for d in DEFAULT_PHEN_DIR_LIST:
 		repo.git.add(phen_path / d)