diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..57872d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/vendor/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "lolcodephp/lolcodephp",
+    "description": "LOLCODE Parser for PHP",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Ben Longden",
+            "email": "ben@nocarrier.co.uk"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {}
+}