diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore b/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
index 99ca71b447..cba9077b32 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 moc_*
 *.moc
 
-qt/text
 qt/setup/setup
 qt/setup/installer
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..70edaa6bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9ade107da94609e36256abf30fc45a6c8ad76804fb0f099f8d3d792e61bc118c
+size 217160