diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..58b0815c72a8dcce05b65ad2d7cc089582917e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*