diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37556fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/target
+data/*
+
+*.sqlite
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 93ca687..9e060c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["mehbark <terezi@pyrope.net>"]
 description = "turn https://smogon.com/stats/ chaos json files into https://sqlite.org databases"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+repository = "https://g.pyrope.net/smogon-stats"
+# why oh why did i not capitalize
+readme = "readme.md"
+keywords = ["pokemon", "sqlite", "statistics", "cli"]
+categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.32", features = ["derive"] }