diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6aa106405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/target/
+**/*.rs.bk
+Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fcd60373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[package]
+name = "defer"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Vincent Ambo <tazjin@gmail.com>"]
+
+[dependencies]