diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa9e533..48b858e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ config/iterm2/AppSupport
 config/gnupg/S.*
 config/gnupg/s
 config/gnupg/private-keys-v1.d
+config/nvim/spell/*
+!config/nvim/spell/.gitkeep
 
diff --git a/config/nvim/.gitignore b/config/nvim/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd91a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/nvim/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+spell/*
+!spell/.gitkeep
+
diff --git a/config/nvim/spell/en.utf-8.add b/config/nvim/spell/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from config/nvim/spell/en.utf-8.add
rename to config/nvim/spell/.gitkeep
diff --git a/config/nvim/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl b/config/nvim/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl
deleted file mode 100644
index ab1cee9..0000000
Binary files a/config/nvim/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl and /dev/null differ