diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8126a0..99c30f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ AGENTS.md
 
 # Experimental code/artifacts
 dev/
+
+# Results file
+results.tsv
diff --git a/program.md b/program.md
index 28d37cf..dea9bcc 100644
--- a/program.md
+++ b/program.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ LOOP FOREVER:
 4. Run the experiment: `uv run train.py > run.log 2>&1` (redirect everything — do NOT use tee or let output flood your context)
 5. Read out the results: `grep "^val_bpb:\|^peak_vram_mb:" run.log`
 6. If the grep output is empty, the run crashed. Run `tail -n 50 run.log` to read the Python stack trace and attempt a fix. If you can't get things to work after more than a few attempts, give up.
-7. Record the results in the tsv
+7. Record the results in the tsv (NOTE: do not commit the results.tsv file, leave it untracked by git)
 8. If val_bpb improved (lower), you "advance" the branch, keeping the git commit
 9. If val_bpb is equal or worse, you git reset back to where you started