diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d20b64..a1448ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
+bazel-bin
+bazel-genfiles
+bazel-out
+bazel-sample_app
+bazel-testlogs
diff --git a/sample_app/WORKSPACE b/sample_app/WORKSPACE
index 49e4e12..07b008f 100644
--- a/sample_app/WORKSPACE
+++ b/sample_app/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 workspace(name = "sample_app")
 
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
+
 git_repository(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_python",
     remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python.git",