diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52031de51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.sol linguist-language=Solidity
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 79eeb6b8c2..b2dee5c880 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ lib
 generated
 .nyc_output
 /packages/contracts/build/contracts
+package.json