diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c49bd7..7c13ae3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+.cache
+.coding
 .env
+__pycache__
+
diff --git a/aitist/app.py b/aitist/app.py
index fe90501..3343d4f 100755
--- a/aitist/app.py
+++ b/aitist/app.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ user_proxy = autogen.UserProxyAgent(
     max_consecutive_auto_reply=10,
     is_termination_msg=lambda x: x.get("content", "").rstrip().endswith("TERMINATE"),
     code_execution_config={
-        "work_dir": "coding",
+        "work_dir": ".coding",
         "use_docker": False,  # set to True or image name like "python:3" to use docker
     },
 )