diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a482ca1..ecee1b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 .\#*
 
 # srnd config files
-*.ini
+srnd.ini
+feeds.ini
 
 # default article store directory
 articles
diff --git a/contrib/translations/en-US.ini b/contrib/translations/en-US.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04eabf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/translations/en-US.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[formats]
+long_date_format=Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 2006
+
+[strings]
+foo=bar