diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..64cc5de48fd5d0937b395c907063174eb0c3e2fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+### PYTHON IGNORES ###
+*.py[cod]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Packages
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+.tox
+nosetests.xml
+
+#Translations
+*.mo
+
+#Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+
+### C IGNORES ###
+# Object files
+*.o
+
+# Libraries
+*.lib
+*.a
+
+# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.so.*
+*.dylib
+
+# Executables
+*.exe
+*.out
+*.app
+
+### Various OS Files ###
+.DS_Store
+._.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/config_organizer.py b/pyglance/glance/config_organizer.py
index 26ad2ec09079a19ddd89135ee59c716934e30b42..482117c567ad0af943a114fbe7dadb808ccb099e 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/config_organizer.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/config_organizer.py
@@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ def get_simple_variable_defaults ( ) :
     
     tempOptions = { }
     tempOptions.update(glance_analysis_defaults)
+    
+    return tempOptions
 
 # FUTURE, at some point set up test cases
 if __name__=='__main__':