diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f1397c3..b6f91ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Ignore all Go files in the components directory
 components/*.go
+!components/components.go
 
 # Ignore the data directory
 data/
@@ -60,4 +61,4 @@ destination/
 archive/
 
 # Ignore binaries
-gomft
\ No newline at end of file
+gomft
diff --git a/components/components.go b/components/components.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..905b4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/components.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Package components contains the UI components for the GoMFT application.
+// This file serves as a marker for the components package to ensure it's properly recognized by Go.
+package components 
\ No newline at end of file