diff --git a/.github/.gitignore b/.github/.gitignore
index 2d19fc7..ef72a09 100755
--- a/.github/.gitignore
+++ b/.github/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 *.html
+*.DS_Store
+*.Rproj
diff --git a/microbiomeDataSets.Rproj b/microbiomeDataSets.Rproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bb9a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microbiomeDataSets.Rproj
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Version: 1.0
+
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+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 4
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: knitr
+LaTeX: XeLaTeX
+
+AutoAppendNewline: Yes
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source