diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 57ee7bd..f57e01b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Other improvements
 * Update PT report naming practices to the format VDCnnn_assay_PTreport_interim/final_(un)blinded.Rmd (#202)
 * Add auxiliary files to template .gitignore (.aux, .toc, .lof, .lot, .out, cache files, and .smbdelete files) (#230)
 * Update names in template acknowledgements section (#234)
+* Gitignore html files in data-raw via use_visc_gitignore() (#254) 
 
 # VISCtemplates 1.3.2
 
diff --git a/R/use_visc_gitignore.R b/R/use_visc_gitignore.R
index 96d39a8..5d5b58c 100644
--- a/R/use_visc_gitignore.R
+++ b/R/use_visc_gitignore.R
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ use_visc_gitignore <- function(directory = ".") {
       "**/figure-latex/*.pdf",
       "**/figure-docx/*.pdf",
       "*.zip",
+      "data-raw/*.html",
       # cache files
       "*_cache/",
       # other