diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
index 26d3352..579bef9 100644
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Default ignored files
 /shelf/
 /workspace.xml
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00f981a..8ce3d0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Please note this is experimental - it will be significantly slower and the quali
 4. Navigate to the project directory and run
 ```streamlit run main.py```
 5. Add your PDF's or .txt's to the documents folder in the project directory
+6. If using epubs, ensure you have pandoc installed and added to PATH