diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 506e003d2..7cd3d6977 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
 /vendor/
 /web/bundles/
 *.sublime-workspace
+database.sqlite
diff --git a/joplin.sublime-project b/joplin.sublime-project
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0ee13814f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/joplin.sublime-project
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"folders":
+	[
+		{
+			"path": ".",
+			"folder_exclude_patterns": [
+				"var"
+			]
+		}
+	]
+}