diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a09c56df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/.idea
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 22b7773d5..f457d1156 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ jobs:
     - stage: code quality
       name: "pylint & mypy"
       install:
-        - pip install astroid pylint mypy==0.701
         - make install
       script: make lint
 
     - stage: test
       name: "LBRY Unit Tests"
       install:
-        - pip install coverage
         - make install
       script:
         - cd lbry && HOME=/tmp coverage run -p --source=lbry -m unittest discover -vv tests.unit
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: "Run Examples"
       install:
-        - pip install coverage
         - make install
       script:
         - cd lbry && HOME=/tmp coverage run -p --source=lbry scripts/generate_json_api.py
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa76acf79..46220e6f7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 install:
 	cd torba && pip install -e .
 	cd lbry && pip install -e .
+	pip install mypy==0.701
+	pip install coverage astroid pylint
 
 lint:
 	cd lbry && pylint lbry
@@ -9,4 +11,4 @@ lint:
 
 idea:
 	mkdir -p .idea
-	cp -r lbry/scripts/idea/* .idea/
+	cp -r lbry/scripts/idea/* .idea
diff --git a/lbry/scripts/idea/.gitignore b/lbry/scripts/idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 05695f2d8..000000000
--- a/lbry/scripts/idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# ignore everything
-*
-# except the .gitignore file
-!.gitignore