diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b74decb..c30df37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 /config.php
+
+/vendor/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8688e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "name": "jh/giteabot",
+    "description": "Simple PHP library to interface with Gitea API",
+    "type": "library",
+    "license": "OS",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "James",
+            "email": "inbox.dev@jhodges.co.uk"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {}
+}