diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 823c72d69d4a654c191611b9cb3516e377aa29e0..babf0b3c588baef6b06c5390bb8cee051168a195 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ config/settings/local.py
 docs/user_docs/build/*
 docs/admin_docs/build/*
 static_root/*
+.pytest_cache
diff --git a/gracedb/pytest.ini b/gracedb/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..716ac84a0a6b68d1552b622186324da18a6a78f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gracedb/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[pytest]
+addopts =
+	-r a
+	--ignore events/tests/test_perms.py
+	--ignore api/v2