diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea82ac5..6a7b51e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 dist/
 build/
 tabixpy.*/
+__pycache__
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9459d4b..b123147 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1
+1.1
\ No newline at end of file