diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c64e824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+.deps
+.libs
+*.cache
+*.gir
+*.la
+*.lo
+*.make
+*.m4
+*.o
+*.pc
+*.typelib
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+config.*
+configure
+compile
+depcomp
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+m4
+missing
+stamp-h1
+examples/test-kinect
+tests/test-skeleton
diff --git a/README b/README
index 3937cc2..ee980f5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ How to use it
 
 Although it is device agnostic, a common way of using Skeltrack is
 to use it together with a Kinect device, for which we recommend the
-GFreenct library.
+GFreenect library.
 
 Checking out the examples/test-kinect example app is a good start in
 order to learn how to use Skeltrack.