diff --git a/.Rprofile b/.Rprofile
index de03eb0c1..f2e9a3ead 100644
--- a/.Rprofile
+++ b/.Rprofile
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ if (isTRUE(rownames(installed.packages(priority = "NA")) == "renv")) {
 if (tryCatch(utils::packageVersion("piamenv") < "0.5.5", error = function(error) TRUE)) {
   renv::install("piamenv", prompt = FALSE)
 }
+
+if (requireNamespace("rlang", quietly = TRUE)) {
+  rlang::global_entrace()
+}
diff --git a/.renvignore b/.renvignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b680bae86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.renvignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/input/
+/logs/
+/modules/
+/output/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf3f9fafd..c95997dad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - **14_yields** pasture yield correction added to dynRegPastrTau_apr26 realization to match managementcalib_aug19
 - **inputdata** updated input data to rev4.132, added f14_yld_past_switch.csv
 - **scripts** saveToResultsArchive saves to inbox folder if available
-- **renv/activate.R** updated to version 1.2.3
+- **renv/activate.R** updated to version 1.2.4
 - **CI** test-code.yaml: use ubuntu-latest and checkout@v7
 - **Makefile** `make reset-renv` resets renv
 - **.Rprofile** add r-universe repo, use envvars if present
diff --git a/renv/activate.R b/renv/activate.R
index 2435da927..dcef95c4d 100644
--- a/renv/activate.R
+++ b/renv/activate.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 local({
 
   # the requested version of renv
-  version <- "1.2.3"
+  version <- "1.2.4"
   attr(version, "md5") <- NULL
   attr(version, "sha") <- NULL