diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0004ce7f..cead003d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 __pycache__/
+*.pyc
 .coverage
 local_settings.py
 static-collected
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hc/lib/__init__.py b/hc/lib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b