diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb1aaf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.swp
+*.tmp
diff --git a/shime b/shime
index 256f9f4..911ca16 100755
--- a/shime
+++ b/shime
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ case $0 in
         exit 0
         ;;
     *"verbosewatch"*)
-        min=59
-        sec=55
+        min=0
+        sec=0
         while true; do
             printf "%02d:%02d\r" $min $sec
             sleep 1