diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f2dbe11df91c879164ae1150f5577ac7263c1da..a91bb389027da16abd945843d706d6a0ff10deb1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+# Mac file finder metadata
+.DS_Store
+# Windows file metadata
+._*
+# Thumbnail image caches
+Thumbs.db
+ethumbs.db
+# MS Office temporary file
+~*
+# Emacs backup file
+*~
+
+# Common
+[Bb]in/
+[Bb]uild/
+[Oo]bj/
+[Oo]ut/
+[Tt]mp/
+[Xx]86/
+[Ii][Aa]32/
+[Xx]64/
+[Xx]86_64/
+[Xx]86-64/
+[Aa]rm
+[Aa]32
+[Tt]32
+[Aa]64
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.bk
+*.swp
+
+# Java files
+*.class
+javadoc/
+
+# Maven
 target/
 pom.xml.tag
 pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -7,6 +44,22 @@ release.properties
 dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 buildNumber.properties
 .mvn/timing.properties
-
 # Avoid ignoring Maven wrapper jar file (.jar files are usually ignored)
 !/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+
+
+# JetBrains (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, etc) files
+.idea/
+cmake-build-*/
+*.iml
+*.iws
+*.ipr
+
+# Eclipse files
+.settings/
+.project
+.classpath
+.buildpath
+.loadpath
+.factorypath
+local.properties
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc427e3d376ca485434f94232e775614723eaf68..97303ae48388fc7f38f5f42e6389dff516cff954 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,30 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>library</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>8</source>
+                    <target>8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/library/.gitignore b/src/test/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/library/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/library/.gitignore
rename to src/test/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/library/.gitkeep