diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 090feba9b..d830af5c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ Temporary Items
 # Local History for Visual Studio Code
 .history/
 
+### IntelliJ ###
+.idea
+
 ### VisualStudioCode Patch ###
 # Ignore all local history of files
 .history
diff --git a/OWNERS b/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19c3d44a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## ADMINS: People who control settings for the repo.
+adrianchiris
+dougbtv
+
+## Maintainers: People who can merge code in this repo.
+zeeke
+SchSeba
+Eoghan1232