diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cbf023e6..000000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# use glob syntax
-syntax: glob
-
-*.pyc
-db*
-localsettings.py
-*~
-parsing_log.txt
-troggle
-troggle_log.txt
-.idea/*
-*.orig
-media/images/*
-.vscode/*
-.swp
-imagekit-off/
diff --git a/localsettingsdocker.py b/localsettingsdocker.py
index 331d23ecd..aa7e7a9ca 100644
--- a/localsettingsdocker.py
+++ b/localsettingsdocker.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-# link localsettings to this file for use on expo computer in austria
+# This is the local settings for use with the docker compose dev setup. It is imported automatically
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': { 
diff --git a/modelviz.py b/modelviz.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644