diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19b3caab..ef75c8f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ tags
 .tox
 .testrepository
 *.sw[nop]
+*.pyc
diff --git a/tests/019-basic-trusty-mitaka b/tests/019-basic-trusty-mitaka
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/tests/021-basic-xenial-mitaka b/tests/021-basic-xenial-mitaka
old mode 100644
new mode 100755