diff --git a/.ackrc b/.ackrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b52b26d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ackrc
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+--ignore-dir=venv
+--ignore-dir=tmp
+--ignore-dir=log
+--ignore-file=match:.coverage
+