diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a30e73..3838cd9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 .classpath
 .pydevproject
 
+#Ignore Intellij files
+*.iml
+.idea
+
 # Exclude build directory
 target/*
 .
@@ -27,5 +31,5 @@ lesiontracking/*
 
 .DS_Store
 
-*.pyc 
-/bin
+*.pyc
+/bin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c01ecd9..688edb1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
 		<!-- Conflict with 2.6.1 -->
-		<gwt.version>2.5.1</gwt.version>
+		<gwt.version>2.6.1</gwt.version>
 
 		<!-- GWT needs at least java 1.5 -->
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>