diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5be28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# App artifacts
+/_build
+/db
+/deps
+/*.ez
+
+# Generated on crash by the VM
+erl_crash.dump
+
+# Generated on crash by NPM
+npm-debug.log
+
+# Static artifacts
+/assets/node_modules
+
+# Since we are building assets from assets/,
+# we ignore priv/static. You may want to comment
+# this depending on your deployment strategy.
+/priv/static/
+
+# Files matching config/*.secret.exs pattern contain sensitive
+# data and you should not commit them into version control.
+#
+# Alternatively, you may comment the line below and commit the
+# secrets files as long as you replace their contents by environment
+# variables.
+/config/*.secret.exs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9be5b48..4fcd6c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Wellington Elixir Meetup GraphQL Lightning Talk
-## Because I counldn't think of a snappier title
+## Because I couldn't think of a snappier title
 
 This is a very quick overview of what GraphQL is and what it's useful for.  A lot of this info can be gleaned directly from the [Absinthe](https://absinthe-graphql.org/) documentation.