diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6120e6f..95d26ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ rfdiffusion.egg-info
 models/
 schedules/
 
+examples/ppi_scaffolds
+
 tests/.results.json
 tests/input_pdbs
 tests/outputs
+tests/ppi_scaffolds
 tests/reference_outputs/
 tests/target_folds
 tests/tim_barrel_scaffold
diff --git a/.rosetta-ci/tests/rfd.py b/.rosetta-ci/tests/rfd.py
index 8f48d61..40d3804 100644
--- a/.rosetta-ci/tests/rfd.py
+++ b/.rosetta-ci/tests/rfd.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ def run_main_test_suite(repository_root, working_dir, platform, config, debug):
             urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, tmp_file_name)
             os.rename(tmp_file_name, file_name)
 
+    execute('unpacking ppi scaffolds...', f'cd {repository_root} && tar -xvf examples/ppi_scaffolds_subset.tar.gz -C examples')
+
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=working_dir) as tmpdirname:
     # tmpdirname = working_dir+'/.ve'
     # if True: