diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac169d84..d307bfa2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,13 @@
 gitmerge.sh
 dist
 hypernetx.egg-info
+
+stashmerge.sh
+homology_log.log
 logfiles/
-stashmerge.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+stashmerge.sh
+jacksnbs
+demos
+
+__pycache__
+*.ipynb_checkpoints
diff --git a/docs/.nojekyll b/docs/.nojekyll
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 09da3d67..187f6d84 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os
 import shlex
 
-__version__ = "0.2.5"
+__version__ = "0.2.6"
 
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3146773b..437efa9a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup 
 import sys, os.path
 
-__version__ = '0.2.5'
+__version__ = '0.2.6'
 
 if sys.version_info < (3,6):
     sys.exit('HyperNetX requires Python 3.6 or later.')