diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0cafc1c..6e55e14 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
-.venv/
\ No newline at end of file
+# general
+**/.DS_Store
+**/.env*
+**/next-env.d.ts
+
+# python
+**/.venv/
+**/__pycache__/
+**/models
+
+# nextjs
+**/.next/
+**/node_modules/
+**/out/
+
+# src-tauri
+**/target/
+**/gen/schemas
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/.gitignore b/client/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d32cc78..0000000
--- a/client/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-
-# dependencies
-/node_modules
-/.pnp
-.pnp.*
-.yarn/*
-!.yarn/patches
-!.yarn/plugins
-!.yarn/releases
-!.yarn/versions
-
-# testing
-/coverage
-
-# next.js
-/.next/
-/out/
-
-# production
-/build
-
-# misc
-.DS_Store
-*.pem
-
-# debug
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-
-# env files (can opt-in for committing if needed)
-.env*
-
-# vercel
-.vercel
-
-# typescript
-*.tsbuildinfo
-next-env.d.ts
diff --git a/server-ml/main.py b/server-ml/main.py
index 3a18c14..d757e94 100644
--- a/server-ml/main.py
+++ b/server-ml/main.py
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@ from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
 import joblib
 import os
 
-# first see if the trained model file exists
-if os.path.exists("model.pkl"):
-    model = joblib.load("model.pkl")
-else:
-    raise FileNotFoundError("The model.pkl file does not exist.")
-
 # load the model
 model = joblib.load("model.pkl")
 
diff --git a/server-ml/model.pkl b/server-ml/model.pkl
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f3aff8..0000000
Binary files a/server-ml/model.pkl and /dev/null differ