diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4d5cae525180e48920892212863c258a123c4678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/target/
+.project
+.settings/
+.classpath
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f2e77ccb0c0daeb6fdfed95762ec5da1badac10..74bdc3e9ef2c52112a33cca61c559aa55ee6205c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,23 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
         </plugins>
+
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <!-- disable javadoc errors for substance (too many 
+                            errors and we don't care really) -->
+                        <additionalOptions>
+                            <additionalOption>-Xdoclint:none</additionalOption>
+                        </additionalOptions>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
     </build>
 
     <!-- List of project's dependencies -->
@@ -68,6 +85,11 @@
             <artifactId>icy-kernel</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>icy-bioformats</artifactId>
+            <version>6.9.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <!-- Icy Maven repository (to find parent POM) -->