diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a95211..b457a1f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ certs/
 .venv-tests/
 __pycache__/
 .pytest_cache/
+
+# Permanent music library (media server runtime data)
+/media/*
+!/media/.gitkeep
diff --git a/media/.gitkeep b/media/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/media/jobs/477f760d9615.json b/media/jobs/477f760d9615.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e556385..0000000
--- a/media/jobs/477f760d9615.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"id": "477f760d9615", "track_id": "qATbf5-D8bU", "stage": "ready", "progress": 100.0, "error": null, "started_at": 1788023839.0112658}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/media/jobs/7436101dd688.json b/media/jobs/7436101dd688.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ad29b..0000000
--- a/media/jobs/7436101dd688.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"id": "7436101dd688", "track_id": "LWtRNwbmlb4", "stage": "ready", "progress": 100.0, "error": null, "started_at": 1788023614.9862244}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/media/jobs/d1aab72f3953.json b/media/jobs/d1aab72f3953.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a7f42d..0000000
--- a/media/jobs/d1aab72f3953.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"id": "d1aab72f3953", "track_id": "hR7xhDhDGR0", "stage": "error", "progress": 0.0, "error": "ERROR: [youtube] hR7xhDhDGR0: This video is unavailable", "started_at": 1788023758.6851313}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/media/library.json b/media/library.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 010f6ed..0000000
--- a/media/library.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"tracks": {}, "version": 42}
\ No newline at end of file