diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77f7c0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+. .venv/bin/activate
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 189378da..531502c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ scss/assets
 .pytest_cache/
 .venv/
 __pycache__
+*.pyc
 
 # Ignore static/fonts for now, since it is just symlink
 static/fonts