diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61ccf6a..3586d30 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ test_files/
 *.asv
 
 # OSX / *nix default autosave extension
-*.m~
\ No newline at end of file
+*.m~
+
+# Bytecode-compiled version of python code
+PythonModule/__pycache__
+*.pyc
diff --git a/PythonModule/__pycache__/ZarrPy.cpython-311.pyc b/PythonModule/__pycache__/ZarrPy.cpython-311.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index d05c33d..0000000
Binary files a/PythonModule/__pycache__/ZarrPy.cpython-311.pyc and /dev/null differ