diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1c2a23..ac8ca42 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.DS_Store/
+target/
+.settings
 # Compiled class file
 *.class
 
diff --git a/.project b/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f6f0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>biometric-root</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>