diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d8f764..b481110 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,10 +95,11 @@ data/ai_automation_smoke_history.jsonl
 web/static/uploads/
 web/static/screenshots/
 uploads/
+!web/static/uploads/
+!web/static/uploads/.gitkeep
 screenshots/
 MOMO Pro/uploads/
 MOMO Pro/screenshots/
-templates/__init__.py
 
 # 本機前端設計稿 / 產生式 prototype sandbox（未整合前不進版本庫）
 MOMO Pro/
diff --git a/templates/__init__.py b/templates/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/web/static/uploads/.gitkeep b/web/static/uploads/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19ac41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/static/uploads/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tracked placeholder for the upload directory