diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4eac81ffd4a51bfef478bdf7e10a05f3c8af1161..fa441bddd30b5d7a828c4906c0fb8a696eafe189 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 jube_job_output.txt
+*.csv
+*.pdf
+*.png
diff --git a/post/plotting.py b/post/plotting.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index cb976b2dacc4af29222e9b5b5df6ddd511eac852..cc7d02d2c6ac322169a9b2a4d4174ae64bd77176
--- a/post/plotting.py
+++ b/post/plotting.py
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     with open(filename) as f:
         plots = csv.reader(f, delimiter=",")
-        for row in plots:
-            x.append(int(row[0]))
-            y.append(int(row[1]))
+        for index, row in enumerate(plots):
+            if index != 0:
+                x.append(int(row[0]))
+                y.append(int(row[1]))
 
     fig, ax = matplotlib.pyplot.subplots()
     ax.plot(x, y)