diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 63282cc..3766fc5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ swiftclient/versioninfo
 cover/
 coverage.xml
 doc/source/api/
+.coverage*
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29