diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b4957c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# This file is for zig-specific build artifacts.
+# If you have OS-specific or editor-specific files to ignore,
+# such as *.swp or .DS_Store, put those in your global
+# ~/.gitignore and put this in your ~/.gitconfig:
+#
+# [core]
+#     excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
+#
+# Cheers!
+# -andrewrk
+
+zig-cache/
+zig-out/
+/release/
+/debug/
+/build/
+/build-*/
+/docgen_tmp/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/basic.zig b/examples/basic.zig
index 218d07e..67cf87a 100644
--- a/examples/basic.zig
+++ b/examples/basic.zig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     const allocator = gpa.allocator();
     _ = sdk.setLogFile("extism.log", .Debug);
 
-    const wasmfile_manifest = manifest.WasmFile{ .path = "../wasm/code-functions.wasm" };
+    const wasmfile_manifest = manifest.WasmFile{ .path = "wasm/code-functions.wasm" };
     const man = .{ .wasm = &[_]manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_file = wasmfile_manifest }} };
     var f = Function.init(
         "hello_world",
diff --git a/wasm/code-functions.wasm b/wasm/code-functions.wasm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8b293db
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