diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..9f98d3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.class
+
+# Package Files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+
+target/**/*
diff --git a/mbassador.iml b/mbassador.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index f6a4b36..0000000
--- a/mbassador.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="false">
-    <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
-    <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/java" isTestSource="true" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.10" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.1" level="project" />
-  </component>
-</module>
-