diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d04c421..1ba6a2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
- .vscode
- .idea
- venv/
- instance/
- __pycache__/
- migrations/
- *.csv
- *.db
- c*.txt
+.vscode
+.idea
+venv/
+instance/
+
+# Ignore Python bytecode caches everywhere
+__pycache__/
+**/__pycache__/
+
+# Migrations and DB files
+migrations/
+*.db
+
+# Data and temp files
+*.csv
+c*.txt
+
+# Legacy specific ignores (if present)
+backend/venv
+backend/__pycache__
+backend/routeres/__pycache__