diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 435c0626..b1f18e26 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ lib
 lib64
 tags
 errors.err
+.idea
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
diff --git a/src/diffpy/pdfgui/gui/pdfguiglobals.py b/src/diffpy/pdfgui/gui/pdfguiglobals.py
index e3f83fbc..17199879 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/pdfgui/gui/pdfguiglobals.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/pdfgui/gui/pdfguiglobals.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 
-"""This module contains gloabal parameters needed by PDFgui."""
+"""This module contains global parameters needed by PDFgui."""
 
 import os.path
 from pkg_resources import Requirement, resource_filename