diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bab620d..f2cbcde 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,21 +1,42 @@
-# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files for more about ignoring files.
-#
-# If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
-# or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
-#   git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore_global'
+*.rbc
+capybara-*.html
+.rspec
+/log
+/tmp
+/db/*.sqlite3
+/db/*.sqlite3-journal
+/public/system
+/coverage/
+/spec/tmp
+**.orig
+rerun.txt
+pickle-email-*.html
+
+# TODO Comment out these rules if you are OK with secrets being uploaded to the repo
+config/initializers/secret_token.rb
+config/secrets.yml
+
+# dotenv
+# TODO Comment out this rule if environment variables can be committed
+.env
 
-# Ignore bundler config.
+## Environment normalization:
 /.bundle
+/vendor/bundle
 
-# Ignore the default SQLite database.
-/db/*.sqlite3
-/db/*.sqlite3-journal
+# these should all be checked in to normalize the environment:
+# Gemfile.lock, .ruby-version, .ruby-gemset
+
+# unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
+.rvmrc
+
+# if using bower-rails ignore default bower_components path bower.json files
+/vendor/assets/bower_components
+*.bowerrc
+bower.json
 
-# Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
-/log/*
-/tmp/*
-!/log/.keep
-!/tmp/.keep
+# Ignore pow environment settings
+.powenv
 
 # Ignore Byebug command history file.
-.byebug_history
+.byebug_history
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LISCENSE b/LISCENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d40cbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LISCENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Regan Ryan
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7db80e4..ead968f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,24 +1,2 @@
-# README
-
-This README would normally document whatever steps are necessary to get the
-application up and running.
-
-Things you may want to cover:
-
-* Ruby version
-
-* System dependencies
-
-* Configuration
-
-* Database creation
-
-* Database initialization
-
-* How to run the test suite
-
-* Services (job queues, cache servers, search engines, etc.)
-
-* Deployment instructions
-
-* ...
+# songbase
+Song sheet database for psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs