diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbc409e4..e8c5dd92 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 /.idea
 
 .DS_Store
+npm-debug.log
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7bede5e1..35a6944a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "extract-css-chunks-webpack-plugin",
+  "version": "0.0.0-placeholder",
   "author": "James Gillmore <james@faceyspacey.com>",
   "description": "Extract CSS from chunks into stylesheets + HMR",
   "engines": {