diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5be766f..14e637f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ target/
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
-/ZombieProducer/nbproject/
\ No newline at end of file
+/ZombieProducer/nbproject/
+
+nb-configuration.xml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73d8950..7a101ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ mvn package
 ## Gotchas
 
 * Remember to delete both the Kinesis Stream *and* the DynamoDB table
-* Kinesis *is* key sensitive with the name of the streams
+* Kinesis *is* key sensitive with the name of the streams   
 * The KCL uses DynamoDB to keep track of the stream. Create alerts to monitor the corresponding table.
 
 ## Running the producer and the consumer