diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee084bf..cea7a60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@
 *.DS_Store
 *.pdf
 *.py~
-
-
-
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 32b24d2..0fb14e0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ def read(fname):
               'spearmint.utils',
               'spearmint.utils.database',],
     long_description=read('README.md'),
+    entry_points= {'console_scripts': ['spearmint=spearmint.main:main']},
 )