diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff86b65f..77e74e17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -151,3 +151,4 @@ src/primaite/outputs/
 # benchmark session outputs
 benchmark/output
 src/primaite/notebooks/scratch.ipynb
+src/primaite/notebooks/scratch.py