diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5770b6..ee7a662 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ __pycache__/
 
 # C extensions
 *.so
-
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 build/
@@ -25,17 +24,14 @@ wheels/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
-
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
 *.manifest
 *.spec
-
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
 pip-delete-this-directory.txt
-
 # Unit test / coverage reports
 htmlcov/
 .tox/
@@ -47,41 +43,30 @@ coverage.xml
 *.cover
 .hypothesis/
 .pytest_cache/
-
 # Translations
 *.mo
 *.pot
-
 # Django stuff:
 *.log
 local_settings.py
 db.sqlite3
-
 # Flask stuff:
 instance/
 .webassets-cache
-
 # Scrapy stuff:
 .scrapy
-
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
-
 # PyBuilder
 target/
-
 # Jupyter Notebook
 .ipynb_checkpoints
-
 # pyenv
 .python-version
-
 # celery beat schedule file
 celerybeat-schedule
-
 # SageMath parsed files
 *.sage.py
-
 # Environments
 .env
 .venv
@@ -91,17 +76,16 @@ ENV/
 env.bak/
 venv.bak/
 python/
-
 # Spyder project settings
 .spyderproject
 .spyproject
-
 # Rope project settings
 .ropeproject
-
 # mkdocs documentation
 /site
-
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+# macOS system files
+.DS_Store
+._*
diff --git a/.whitesource b/.whitesource
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55b922e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.whitesource
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "scanSettings": {
+    "baseBranches": []
+  },
+  "checkRunSettings": {
+    "vulnerableCheckRunConclusionLevel": "failure",
+    "displayMode": "diff"
+  },
+  "issueSettings": {
+    "minSeverityLevel": "LOW"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file