diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a457143..666a253 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __pycache__
 .venv
 iottb.egg-info
-.idea
+.idea/
 *.log
 logs/
 *.pyc
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fd87d45..0000000
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
-  <profile version="1.0">
-    <option name="myName" value="Project Default" />
-    <inspection_tool class="DuplicatedCode" enabled="true" level="WEAK WARNING" enabled_by_default="true">
-      <Languages>
-        <language minSize="67" name="Python" />
-      </Languages>
-    </inspection_tool>
-    <inspection_tool class="PyPep8NamingInspection" enabled="true" level="WEAK WARNING" enabled_by_default="true">
-      <option name="ignoredErrors">
-        <list>
-          <option value="N806" />
-        </list>
-      </option>
-    </inspection_tool>
-  </profile>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 105ce2d..0000000
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
-  <settings>
-    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
-    <version value="1.0" />
-  </settings>
-</component>
\ 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>
\ No newline at end of file