diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 272b7a22..cf795514 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.swp
 _gh_pages
+Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..053c27dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+gem 'github-pages'