diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c8a5925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Linux",
+            "includePath": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/**",
+                "/usr/include/SDL2"
+            ],
+            "defines": [],
+            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
+            "cStandard": "c99",
+            "cppStandard": "c++11",
+            "intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 155b9f0f..27aa3b9f 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
     "files.exclude": {
         "**/*.o": true,
-        "**/*.so": true
+        "**/*.so": true,
+        "**/gearboy": true
     },
     "cmake.configureOnOpen": false,
     "files.associations": {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
         "streambuf": "cpp",
         "thread": "cpp",
         "cinttypes": "cpp",
-        "typeinfo": "cpp"
+        "typeinfo": "cpp",
+        "optional": "cpp"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}