diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2943e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Created by .ignore support plugin (hsz.mobi)
+### Example user template template
+### Example user template
+
+# IntelliJ project files
+.idea
+*.iml
+out
+gen### Python template
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*,cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# IPython Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# dotenv
+.env
+
+# virtualenv
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0059da2..9cfca58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ See [http://www.decalage.info/python/oletools](http://www.decalage.info/python/o
 [Home page](http://www.decalage.info/python/oletools) - 
 [Download/Install](https://bitbucket.org/decalage/oletools/wiki/Install) - 
 [Documentation](https://bitbucket.org/decalage/oletools/wiki) - 
-[Report Issues/Suggestions/Questions](https://bitbucket.org/decalage/oletools/issues?status=new&status=open) - 
+[Report Issues/Suggestions/Questions](https://github.com/decalage2/oletools/issues) -
 [Contact the Author](http://decalage.info/contact) - 
-[Repository](https://bitbucket.org/decalage/oletools) - 
+[Repository](https://github.com/decalage2/oletools) -
 [Updates on Twitter](https://twitter.com/decalage2)
 
 Note: python-oletools is not related to OLETools published by BeCubed Software.
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ This is a personal open-source project, developed on my spare time. Any contribu
 report is welcome.
 
 To suggest improvements, report a bug or any issue, please use the 
-[issue reporting page](https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/issues?status=new&status=open), providing all the 
+[issue reporting page](https://github.com/decalage2/oletools/issues), providing all the
 information and files to reproduce the problem. 
 
 You may also [contact the author](http://decalage.info/contact) directly to provide feedback.
 
-The code is available in [a Mercurial repository on Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/decalage/oletools). You may use it 
+The code is available in [a GitHub repository](https://github.com/decalage2/oletools). You may use it
 to submit enhancements using forks and pull requests.
 
 License