diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..722d5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.vscode
diff --git a/.vscode/arduino.json b/.vscode/arduino.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 530a1ec..0000000
--- a/.vscode/arduino.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "board": "arduino:avr:uno",
-    "sketch": "wordclock.ino"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ee577a..0000000
--- a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Linux",
-            "includePath": [
-                "/opt/arduino/tools/**",
-                "/opt/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr/**",
-                "/home/lhaubaum/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.8.3/**",
-                "/home/lhaubaum/.arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/**"
-            ],
-            "forcedInclude": [
-                "/opt/arduino/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Arduino.h",
-                "/home/lhaubaum/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.8.3/cores/arduino/Arduino.h"
-            ],
-            "intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64",
-            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
-            "cStandard": "c11",
-            "cppStandard": "c++17"
-        }
-    ],
-    "version": 4
-}
\ No newline at end of file