diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..884e49b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+go.sum
+vegvisir
+vegvisir_tmp
diff --git a/modd.conf b/modd.conf
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index 0000000..fd9a7bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modd.conf
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+# Exclude all test files of the form *_test.go
+**/*.go **/vegvisir.json !**/*_test.go {
+    prep: go build -o vegvisir_tmp
+    daemon +sigterm: ./vegvisir_tmp
+}