diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..f89a28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+venv/*
+*.pyc
+config
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
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+paho-mqtt
+configparser