diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eaf1da5..6542936 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 os/code/target/*
+database/code/__pycache__/
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de288e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "python.formatting.provider": "black"
+}
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