diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5addebf..eb1140e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 *.crt
 *.key
 
+# project specific
 /include/bmcweb_config.h
+bmcweb_persistent_data.json
 
-# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/osx,linux,meson,windows,pycharm,eclipse,intellij,visualstudio,visualstudiocode,clion
-# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=osx,linux,meson,windows,pycharm,eclipse,intellij,visualstudio,visualstudiocode,clion
+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/osx,linux,clion,meson,eclipse,windows,visualstudio,visualstudiocode
+# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/osx,linux,clion,meson,eclipse,windows,visualstudio,visualstudiocode
 
 ### CLion ###
 # Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
@@ -180,76 +182,6 @@
 # Spring Boot Tooling
 .sts4-cache/
 
-### Intellij ###
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
-# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
-
-# User-specific stuff
-
-# AWS User-specific
-
-# Generated files
-
-# Sensitive or high-churn files
-
-# Gradle
-
-# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
-# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
-# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
-# auto-import.
-# .idea/artifacts
-# .idea/compiler.xml
-# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
-# .idea/modules.xml
-# .idea/*.iml
-# .idea/modules
-# *.iml
-# *.ipr
-
-# CMake
-
-# Mongo Explorer plugin
-
-# File-based project format
-
-# IntelliJ
-
-# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
-
-# JIRA plugin
-
-# Cursive Clojure plugin
-
-# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
-
-# Editor-based Rest Client
-
-# Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
-
-### Intellij Patch ###
-# Comment Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-215987721
-
-# *.iml
-# modules.xml
-# .idea/misc.xml
-# *.ipr
-
-# Sonarlint plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint
-
-# SonarQube Plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7238-sonarqube-community-plugin
-
-# Markdown Navigator plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7896-markdown-navigator-enhanced
-
-# Cache file creation bug
-# See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2257
-
-# CodeStream plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
-
 ### Linux ###
 *~
 
@@ -317,76 +249,6 @@
 Temporary Items
 .apdisk
 
-### PyCharm ###
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
-# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
-
-# User-specific stuff
-
-# AWS User-specific
-
-# Generated files
-
-# Sensitive or high-churn files
-
-# Gradle
-
-# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
-# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
-# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
-# auto-import.
-# .idea/artifacts
-# .idea/compiler.xml
-# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
-# .idea/modules.xml
-# .idea/*.iml
-# .idea/modules
-# *.iml
-# *.ipr
-
-# CMake
-
-# Mongo Explorer plugin
-
-# File-based project format
-
-# IntelliJ
-
-# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
-
-# JIRA plugin
-
-# Cursive Clojure plugin
-
-# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
-
-# Editor-based Rest Client
-
-# Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
-
-### PyCharm Patch ###
-# Comment Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-215987721
-
-# *.iml
-# modules.xml
-# .idea/misc.xml
-# *.ipr
-
-# Sonarlint plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint
-
-# SonarQube Plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7238-sonarqube-community-plugin
-
-# Markdown Navigator plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7896-markdown-navigator-enhanced
-
-# Cache file creation bug
-# See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2257
-
-# CodeStream plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
-
 ### VisualStudioCode ###
 .vscode/*
 !.vscode/settings.json
@@ -811,4 +673,4 @@
 ### VisualStudio Patch ###
 # Additional files built by Visual Studio
 
-# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/osx,linux,meson,windows,pycharm,eclipse,intellij,visualstudio,visualstudiocode,clion
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/osx,linux,clion,meson,eclipse,windows,visualstudio,visualstudiocode