diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87423f2e0..2ed8eb333 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ MANIFEST
 MPCORB.DAT
 Untitled*.ipynb
 build
-hip_main.dat.gz
 htmlcov/
 stations.txt
 tmp*.py
diff --git a/hip_main.dat.gz b/hip_main.dat.gz
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..93aa9bdee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hip_main.dat.gz
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ci/hip_main.dat.gz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/skyfield/tests/test_stars.py b/skyfield/tests/test_stars.py
index dde4afd9c..24570e499 100644
--- a/skyfield/tests/test_stars.py
+++ b/skyfield/tests/test_stars.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 def test_dataframe():
     ts = api.load.timescale(builtin=True)
-    with api.load.open('ci/hip_main.dat.gz') as f:
+    with api.load.open('hip_main.dat.gz') as f:
         df = load_dataframe(f)
     star = api.Star.from_dataframe(df)
     assert repr(star) == 'Star(ra shape=214, dec shape=214, ra_mas_per_year shape=214, dec_mas_per_year shape=214, parallax_mas shape=214, epoch shape=214)'