diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3bb024f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#############
+## Python
+#############
+*.py[cod]
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Emacs autosave files
+\#*#
+*~
+
+# Windows batch files
+*.bat
+
+cleanup.sh
diff --git a/app.yaml b/app.yaml
index 5515e773..23ba604a 100644
--- a/app.yaml
+++ b/app.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ffd-retief-hrd fanfictiondownloader
 application: fanfictiondownloader
-version: 2-1-05
+version: 2-1-6
 runtime: python27
 api_version: 1
 threadsafe: true
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index dd856dc7..4a892ef7 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -53,29 +53,6 @@
 	    <p>Hi, {{ nickname }}! This is FanFictionDownLoader, which makes reading stories from various websites
 	      much easier. </p>
 	  </div>
-	  <!-- put announcements here, h3 is a good title size. -->
-          <h3>Survey about Name Change</h3>
-          <p>
-            Due to Google's recent decision to phase out
-            code.google.com, the FFDL project code base is going to
-            have to move to a new home (almost certainly github).
-          </p>
-          <p>
-            That makes now a good time to discuss changing the name
-            from FanFictionDownLoader (FFDL) to something else.
-          </p>
-          <p>
-            The reason is because the current name is very generic and
-            there's another program at/called
-            fanfictiondownloader.net.  More than once, we've had users
-            of fanfictiondownloader.net come to us looking for support
-            for the other program.
-          </p>
-          <p>
-            If you'd like to vote for one of the names under consideration, please
-            <a href="http://dialog.fuseinsight.com/topic/start/downloader_survey_IQ/intro?SID=webservice" target="_blank">click
-            here</a>.  Thanks!
-          </p>
 
 	  <h3>Changes:</h3>
 	    <ul>