diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b735ec..6b98c69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 
 # Go workspace file
 go.work
+
+# ignore IntelliJ directories
+.idea
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 26d3352..0000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 639900d..0000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager">
-    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c82fd70..0000000
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/scoutgw.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/scoutgw.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/scoutgw.iml b/.idea/scoutgw.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index d6ebd48..0000000
--- a/.idea/scoutgw.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35eb1dd..0000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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