diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 209da6793..fab542482 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ cython_debug/
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-.idea/
+.idea/*
+!.idea/icon.png
 
 # Ruff stuff:
 .ruff_cache/
diff --git a/.idea/icon.png b/.idea/icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b52c7f279
Binary files /dev/null and b/.idea/icon.png differ