diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b435135..4f995e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # project specific
 settings.json
 db.sqlite3
+dummyusers.json
+*.prof
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56cbeee..9ebee2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Remove the `.bak` from `db.sqlite3.bak` and `settings.json.bak`
 run `./manage.py runserver`  
 
 this is in development mode. don't actually use it or release it like this. The debug info it shows is spicy.  
+The instructions mentioned above are for running this in debug mode, not to deploy the project, and this will be ammended in the future.
 # Features
 
 - [x] Books