diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5cda4a..e872f13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-/bronte
\ No newline at end of file
+/bronte
+/venv
+data/
+logs/
+textloader/
+__pycache__
+/checkpoints
+/models
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 58f286f..190fc92 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+protobuf==3.19.6
 tensorflow==1.15.4