diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f35ca9e..e495677 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,39 +1,6 @@
-.gradle
-build/
-!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-!**/src/main/**/build/
-!**/src/test/**/build/
-
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea/
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-out/
-!**/src/main/**/out/
-!**/src/test/**/out/
-
-### Eclipse ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-.sts4-cache
-bin/
-!**/src/main/**/bin/
-!**/src/test/**/bin/
-
-### NetBeans ###
-/nbproject/private/
-/nbbuild/
-/dist/
-/nbdist/
-/.nb-gradle/
-
-### VS Code ###
-.vscode/
-
-### Mac OS ###
-.DS_Store
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+/.gradle/
+/.idea/
+/build/
+/gradle/
+/gradlew.bat
+/gradlew
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b71d227..9ef19c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CartChain
 
-Proof of concept for an e-commerce API implementing blockchain technology by using a simple private chain (no mining)
+Proof of concept for an e-commerce API implementing blockchain technology by using a simple private chain.
 
 ## How it works?
 
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ Within the [Makefile](Makefile) you can handle the entire flow to get everything
 
 Go to [localhost:8080/swagger-ui/index.html](http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/index.html) to see the API description.
 
-As you can see on the [Makefile](Makefile) script and the [docker-Compose File](docker-compose.yml), the whole API
+As you can see on the [Makefile](Makefile) script and the [docker-compose file](docker-compose.yml), the whole API
 is containerized with docker and the API is using the internal DNS to connect with the PostgreSQL instance.