diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d58222..12de2db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ ehthumbs.db
 Thumbs.db
 extras/codeToRun.R
 output/
-ddl/
+# ddl/
+# NOTE: Temporarily disabling so we can track development of DuckDB