diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5160f528..755dbdc7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@
 /node_modules
 /coverage/
 /vars.*.yml
+
+# dev env configuration files
+.direnv/
+.vscode/
+.yarn/
+.yarnrc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
index c96dab53..8f766380 100644
--- a/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def submission_params
     params.require(:submission).permit(:comments)
   end
 
-  # User access enforced through their assigned challenge_manager_challenges
+  # User access enforced by role
   def set_submission
     @submission = Submission.by_user(current_user).find(params[:id])
   end