diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c71b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./k8s/deployed_config
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s/start.sh b/k8s/start.sh
index 2d33636..e32e78a 100755
--- a/k8s/start.sh
+++ b/k8s/start.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ branch=${2:-main}
 
 cd ../..
 
-if [ ! -d "oc-k8s" ]; 
+if [ ! -d "oc-k8s" ]; then
     echo "Cloning repository: $repo_name"
     git clone "https://cloud.o-forge.io/core/oc-k8s.git"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/vanilla/start.sh b/vanilla/start.sh
index bd8086e..5154640 100755
--- a/vanilla/start.sh
+++ b/vanilla/start.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ for i in "${REPOS[@]}"
 do
    echo "Building $i"
    cd ./$i 
-   make dev &
+   make dev HOST="${2:-http://localhost:8000}" &
    cd ..
 done