diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1b95bc..e6fc056 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /.idea/
 /.mypy_cache/
-/external/
+/external/*
 /venv/
+
+!external/__init__.py
diff --git a/external/__init__.py b/external/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce12aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3 -B
+# coding=utf-8
+
+"""
+Copyright (C) 2019-2024 Plato Mavropoulos
+"""