diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6b32d43..5cfe74ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ __pycache__
 *.pywpz
 *.pywpzp
 
+lib/workspace/alwrity_web_research/*
+lib/workspace/alwrity_web_research_cache/*
+web_research_report*
+
+
 lib/workspace/alwrity_web_research/*
 lib/workspace/alwrity_web_research_cache/*
 web_research_report*
diff --git a/alwrity.py b/alwrity.py
index 9650cd27..0cb6f5a6 100644
--- a/alwrity.py
+++ b/alwrity.py
@@ -201,4 +201,4 @@ def setup_environment_paths():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    main()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0d144f47..059fc9f7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
 aiohttp>=3.11.11
 openai>=1.3.7
 PyPDF2>=3.0.1
-google-genai>=1.0.0
+google-genai>=1.9.0
 anthropic>=0.18.1
 tenacity>=8.2.3
 tabulate>=0.9.0