diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aad75ca..06c7e8d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 config.yaml
 data/*
 telegram_secrets.session
-*/.directory
\ No newline at end of file
+*/.directory
+venv
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 26d3352..0000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 105ce2d..0000000
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
-  <settings>
-    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
-    <version value="1.0" />
-  </settings>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d0fa063..0000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.10 (stickerbridge) (3)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e4618e2..0000000
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/stickerbridge.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/stickerbridge.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/stickerbridge.iml b/.idea/stickerbridge.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index 00c1736..0000000
--- a/.idea/stickerbridge.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/venv" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.10 (stickerbridge) (3)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 94a25f7..0000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21af950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.9.13
diff --git a/stickerbridge/telegram_exporter.py b/stickerbridge/telegram_exporter.py
index 9865f01..a93887a 100644
--- a/stickerbridge/telegram_exporter.py
+++ b/stickerbridge/telegram_exporter.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class TelegramExporter:
         self.bot_token = bot_token
         self.secrets_filename = secrets_filename
 
-        self.client = TelegramClient(self.secrets_filename, self.api_id, self.api_hash)
+        self.client = TelegramClient(self.secrets_filename, self.api_id, self.api_hash, system_version="4.16.30-vxStickerBridge")
 
     async def connect(self):
         await self.client.start(bot_token=self.bot_token)