diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21c64d1..48d4f3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .DS_Store
 .classpath
 .project
-target/
\ No newline at end of file
+target/
+*~
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml~ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml~
deleted file mode 100644
index 540769d..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app>
-  <display-name>Example</display-name>
-
-  <!-- Declare the existence of a servlet. -->
-  <servlet>
-    <servlet-name>WarcbaseServlet</servlet-name>
-    <servlet-class>WarcbaseServlet</servlet-class>
-  </servlet>
-
-  <!-- Map URLs to that servlet. -->
-  <servlet-mapping>
-    <servlet-name>WarcbaseServlet</servlet-name>
-    <url-pattern>/servlet</url-pattern>
-  </servlet-mapping>
-</web-app>