diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4455e9..3997917 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var/
 wheels/
 share/python-wheels/
 *.egg-info/
+notebooks/*/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
diff --git a/notebooks/README.md b/notebooks/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d8fa98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notebooks/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# oceanstream