diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc7194b..c578716 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ secrets.txt
 # entire folders
 /folderName
 # files with a certain extension
-*.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+# *.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/newFeature.txt b/newFeature.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ecd25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newFeature.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a new feature!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/newfile.txt b/newfile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6db0cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newfile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a new file I made!
\ No newline at end of file