diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..95df82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+node_modules/
+.env
+.DS_Store
+coverage/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "xartaudio",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "X article to audio MVP",
+  "main": "src/server.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "node --watch src/server.js",
+    "start": "node src/server.js",
+    "test": "node --test"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "type": "commonjs"
+}