diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97b7a018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Pycharm
+.idea/
+
+tests/data/URHProject.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/urh/plugins/PluginManager.py b/src/urh/plugins/PluginManager.py
index 6cf2b336..9ba9d0be 100644
--- a/src/urh/plugins/PluginManager.py
+++ b/src/urh/plugins/PluginManager.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class PluginManager(object):
         settings  = constants.SETTINGS
 
         for d in plugin_dirs:
+            if d == "__pycache__":
+                continue
             try:
                 class_module = self.load_plugin(d)
                 plugin = class_module()