diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 80f96e20f..3b48074df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,110 +1,19 @@
-*.vscode*
-*.DS_Store
-*.lock
-*.idea
-*.pdf
-*pip-wheel-metadata/
-main.py
-
-# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+.DS_Store
+.vscode
+.python-version
+.idea/
+.coverage
+*.dat
+*.ipynb
+*.hdf5
+*.ipynb_checkpoints
+*.jupyter_cache
+_build
 __pycache__/
-*.py[cod]
-*$py.class
-
-# C extensions
-*.so
-
-# Distribution / packaging
-.Python
-env/
-build/
-develop-eggs/
+docs/build/
+toqito.egg-info/
 dist/
-downloads/
-eggs/
-.eggs/
-lib/
-lib64/
-parts/
-sdist/
-var/
-wheels/
-*.egg-info/
-.installed.cfg
-*.egg
-
-# PyInstaller
-#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
-#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
-*.manifest
-*.spec
-
-# Installer logs
-pip-log.txt
-pip-delete-this-directory.txt
-
-# Unit test / coverage reports
-htmlcov/
-.tox/
-.coverage
-.coverage.*
-.cache
-nosetests.xml
+build/
 coverage.xml
-*.cover
-.hypothesis/
-
-# Translations
-*.mo
-*.pot
-
-# Django stuff:
-*.log
-local_settings.py
-
-# Flask stuff:
-instance/
-.webassets-cache
-
-# Scrapy stuff:
-.scrapy
-
-# Sphinx documentation
-docs/_build/
-docs/docs/_build/
-
-# PyBuilder
-target/
-
-# Jupyter Notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
-
-# pyenv
-.python-version
-
-# celery beat schedule file
-celerybeat-schedule
-
-# SageMath parsed files
-*.sage.py
-
-# dotenv
-.env
-
-# virtualenv
-.venv
-venv/
-ENV/
-
-# Spyder project settings
-.spyderproject
-.spyproject
-
-# Rope project settings
-.ropeproject
-
-# mkdocs documentation
-/site
-
-# mypy
-.mypy_cache/
+jupyter_execute/
+venv/*
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index df1756d3f..16be6a969 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -174,8 +174,9 @@ A standard document has to follow the :code:`.rst` format.  For more information
 
 To use `doctest`:
 - Use `make doctest` in `toqito/docs` for the docstring examples to be verified. 
-- Use `pytest  --doctest-glob=*.rst` to check the examples in all the `.rst` files in `toqito/docs` work as expected. If you would like to only
-  check the examples in a  specific file, use `pytest  --doctest-glob=tutorials.name_of_file.rst` instead. 
+- Use `pytest  --doctest-glob=*.rst` to check the examples in all the `.rst` files in `toqito/docs` work as expected. If
+you would like to only check the examples in a  specific file, use `pytest  --doctest-glob=tutorials.name_of_file.rst`
+instead. 
 
 --------------------
 Adding a new feature
@@ -186,11 +187,10 @@ If you add a new feature to :code:`toqito`, make sure
 
 - The function docstring follows the style guidelines as specified in `References in Docstrings`_.
 - Added lines should show up as covered in the :code:`pytest` code coverage report. See `Testing`_.
-- Code and tests for the new feature should follow the style guidelines as discussed in
-  `Code Style`_.
+- Code and tests for the new feature should follow the style guidelines as discussed in `Code Style`_.
 - Finally, if the new feature is a new module, it has to be listed alphabetically as :code:`autoapi/new_module/index` in
-  :code:`autoapi_members.rst` available in the :code:`docs` folder. When Sphinx is run locally, the new module should
-  then appear to be listed in the :code:`API Reference` page.
+:code:`autoapi_members.rst` available in the :code:`docs` folder. When Sphinx is run locally, the new module should then
+appear to be listed in the :code:`API Reference` page.
 
 
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