diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..931f799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.*~
+auto/*
+*.aux
+*.bbl
+*.bcf
+*.blg
+*.fdb_latexmk
+*.fls
+*.idx
+*.ilg
+*.ind
+*.lof
+*.log
+*.lot
+*.lox
+*.out
+*.pdf
+*.run.xml
+*.synctex.gz
+*.toc
+*.xdv
diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index e3a9d7b..26ed78b 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 \documentclass{article}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 
-\title{ru-thesis}
+\title{Reykjavik University Unified Thesis Template}
 \author{Joseph Foley}
 \date{February 2020}
 
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@
 \section{Introduction}
 
 \end{document}
+
+%%% Local Variables:
+%%% mode: latex
+%%% TeX-master: t
+%%% End: