diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/TcpIngestor.java b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/TcpIngestor.java
index a076415..325f566 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/TcpIngestor.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/TcpIngestor.java
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ public class TcpIngestor implements Ingestor, AutoCloseable, DisposableBean {
 
 	public final static class Handler implements Callable<Void> {
 
+		/**
+		 * Column header names starting with "-" will be ignored.
+		 */
+		static final String COLUM_IGNORE_PREFIX = "-";
+		private static final int IGNORE_COLUMN = 0;
 		final Socket clientSocket;
 		private final ArrayBlockingQueue<Entries> queue;
 
@@ -199,15 +204,21 @@ public class TcpIngestor implements Ingestor, AutoCloseable, DisposableBean {
 			for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 				final int separatorPosition = separatorPositions.get(i);
 
-				final int value = Tags.STRING_COMPRESSOR.put(line, lastSeparatorPosition + 1, separatorPosition);
+				final int compressedString = Tags.STRING_COMPRESSOR.put(line, lastSeparatorPosition + 1,
+						separatorPosition);
+				final String columnName = Tags.STRING_COMPRESSOR.get(compressedString);
 
-				columns[i] = value;
+				columns[i] = ignoreColum(columnName) ? IGNORE_COLUMN : compressedString;
 
 				lastSeparatorPosition = separatorPosition;
 			}
 			return columns;
 		}
 
+		private boolean ignoreColum(final String columnName) {
+			return columnName.startsWith(COLUM_IGNORE_PREFIX);
+		}
+
 		private static Entry handleCsvLine(final int[] columns, final byte[] line, final int bytesInLine,
 				final IntList separatorPositions, final int keyTimestamp, final int keyDuration,
 				final FastISODateParser dateParser) {
@@ -224,7 +235,9 @@ public class TcpIngestor implements Ingestor, AutoCloseable, DisposableBean {
 					final int separatorPosition = separatorPositions.get(i);
 					final int key = columns[i];
 
-					if (key == keyTimestamp) {
+					if (key == IGNORE_COLUMN) {
+						// this column's value will not be ingested
+					} else if (key == keyTimestamp) {
 						epochMilli = dateParser.parseAsEpochMilli(line, lastSeparatorPosition + 1);
 					} else if (key == keyDuration) {
 						duration = parseLong(line, lastSeparatorPosition + 1);
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/LongPair.java b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/LongPair.java
similarity index 96%
rename from pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/LongPair.java
rename to pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/LongPair.java
index d8192cd..941a37b 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/LongPair.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/LongPair.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.lucares.performance.db.ingestor;
+package org.lucares.pdbui;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/PdbTestUtil.java b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbTestUtil.java
similarity index 95%
rename from pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/PdbTestUtil.java
rename to pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbTestUtil.java
index 3920ec7..30e3906 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/PdbTestUtil.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbTestUtil.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.lucares.performance.db.ingestor;
+package org.lucares.pdbui;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.ConnectException;
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/TcpIngestorTest.java b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/TcpIngestorTest.java
similarity index 90%
rename from pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/TcpIngestorTest.java
rename to pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/TcpIngestorTest.java
index 5bb1e31..8bee356 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/performance/db/ingestor/TcpIngestorTest.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/test/java/org/lucares/pdbui/TcpIngestorTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.lucares.performance.db.ingestor;
+package org.lucares.pdbui;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.lucares.collections.LongList;
 import org.lucares.pdb.api.DateTimeRange;
 import org.lucares.pdb.api.Query;
 import org.lucares.pdb.datastore.internal.DataStore;
-import org.lucares.pdbui.TcpIngestor;
 import org.lucares.performance.db.PdbExport;
 import org.lucares.performance.db.PerformanceDb;
 import org.lucares.utils.file.FileUtils;
@@ -256,4 +255,30 @@ public class TcpIngestorTest {
 			Assert.assertEquals(LongPair.fromLongList(result), LongPair.fromLongList(expected));
 		}
 	}
+
+	public void testCsvIngestorIgnoresColumns() throws Exception {
+
+		try (TcpIngestor ingestor = new TcpIngestor(dataDirectory)) {
+
+			ingestor.start();
+
+			final Map<String, Object> entry = new HashMap<>();
+			entry.put("@timestamp",
+					Instant.ofEpochMilli(1).atOffset(ZoneOffset.UTC).format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_ZONED_DATE_TIME));
+			entry.put("duration", 1);
+			entry.put("host", "someHost");
+			entry.put(TcpIngestor.Handler.COLUM_IGNORE_PREFIX + "ignored", "ignoredValue");
+
+			PdbTestUtil.sendAsCsv(entry);
+		} catch (final Exception e) {
+			LOGGER.error("", e);
+			throw e;
+		}
+
+		try (PerformanceDb db = new PerformanceDb(dataDirectory)) {
+			final List<String> availableFields = db.getFields(DateTimeRange.max());
+			Assert.assertEquals(availableFields.toString(), List.of("host").toString(),
+					"the ignored field is not returned");
+		}
+	}
 }