diff --git a/examples/http-server/.gitignore b/examples/http-server/.gitignore
index 3524589..26167fd 100644
--- a/examples/http-server/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/http-server/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 .direnv/
 node_modules/
 dist/
-/data/
+/data/*
+!.gitkeep
 .env
 *.tsbuildinfo
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/examples/http-server/data/.gitkeep b/examples/http-server/data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/http-server/src/People.ts b/examples/http-server/src/People.ts
index 3efd3ee..7497e92 100644
--- a/examples/http-server/src/People.ts
+++ b/examples/http-server/src/People.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { GroupId } from "./Domain/Group.js"
 import type { PersonId } from "./Domain/Person.js"
 import { Person, PersonNotFound } from "./Domain/Person.js"
 import { policyRequire } from "./Domain/Policy.js"
-import type { PeopleRepo } from "./People/Repo.js"
+import { PeopleRepo } from "./People/Repo.js"
 import { SqlLive } from "./Sql.js"
 
 export class People extends Effect.Service<People>()("People", {