diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c07f914c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gprMax/tools/Jupyter\ notebooks/* linguist-vendored 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c9d7b01..df8618f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,8 +18,5 @@ dist/
 # Backup files
 *~
 
-# Hidden files
-.*
-
 # Jupyter notebook checkpoints
 .ipynb_checkpoints/