diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4f7dbd9d235f1473eada09cadf4f659cf42d668..4d166949895ac11201822ff6621f5fd3954934fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ venv/
 __pycache__/
 *.swp
 *.eggs
+*.pyc
 *.egg-info/
 .env
diff --git a/plotting/__init__.py b/plotting/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391