diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f4bb816..3bdebd86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ node_modules
 
 Factorio*
 /factorio
+!/test/file/factorio
 /instances
 /mods
 /database
diff --git a/test/file/factorio/data/core/locale/en/core.cfg b/test/file/factorio/data/core/locale/en/core.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f414b76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/file/factorio/data/core/locale/en/core.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+; Test data for exportLocale
+[test]
+core-a=1
+core-b=2