diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a5937b..c07b7e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -254,4 +254,7 @@ target/classes
 *.DS_Store
 
 #IntelliJ
-*.iml
\ No newline at end of file
+*.iml
+.idea/*
+
+highScore.ser
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/highScore.ser b/highScore.ser
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bccc74..0000000
Binary files a/highScore.ser and /dev/null differ