diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..592e470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+__pycache__
+*.pyc
+data/*
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..568e4fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spacy