diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f59bfc9..1608946 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ coverage.txt
 
 # Demo content (hosted on CDN)
 demo-track.smsg
+!pkg/player/frontend/demo-track.smsg
 
 # Dev artifacts
 .playwright-mcp/
diff --git a/pkg/player/frontend/demo-track.smsg b/pkg/player/frontend/demo-track.smsg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1683434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/player/frontend/demo-track.smsg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Placeholder for CI build.