diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38bf7c7379588e4692e14004c86615b55edb0005..a370611be9e9ee5ca474fca8785df45e6095749b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #RStudio
-*.Rproj
 *.Rbuildignore
 .Rproj.user
 .Rhistory
diff --git a/GillepsieSSA.Rproj b/GillepsieSSA.Rproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..497f8bfcfb9d13ad61d14d79963641e9aeab41b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GillepsieSSA.Rproj
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 2
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: Sweave
+LaTeX: pdfLaTeX
+
+AutoAppendNewline: Yes
+StripTrailingWhitespace: Yes
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source