diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ca0988..b487d2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -139,3 +139,5 @@ checklink/cookies.txt
 # .gitconfig is now autogenerated
 .gitconfig
 
+# data
+data/
diff --git a/settings.ini b/settings.ini
index e2fe279..c6e9a96 100644
--- a/settings.ini
+++ b/settings.ini
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ requirements = numpy xarray tqdm matplotlib cartopy dask
 # Optional. Same format as setuptools console_scripts
 # console_scripts = 
 # Optional. Same format as setuptools dependency-links
-# dep_links = 
+dep_links = numpy
 
 ###
 # You probably won't need to change anything under here,