diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47014497..2532b501 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 /.migrating
 
 # Storage
-/storage
+/storage/*
+!/storage/.gitkeep
 /store
 
 # OS specific
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f90d5fa6..f904f62e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20250326
+20250326.1
diff --git a/storage/.gitkeep b/storage/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b