diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba74660..977860d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#dropbox stuff
+*.dropbox*
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/data/.dropbox.attr b/data/.dropbox.attr
deleted file mode 100755
index 9e26dfe..0000000
--- a/data/.dropbox.attr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
\ No newline at end of file