diff --git a/app/.gitignore b/app/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b8380b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+**/__pycache__
+*.pyc
+venv/
+env/
+.beaker/data/*
+!.beaker/data/.noremove