diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f940d419..3dcd13fc5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ readmeData.json
 hosts-*
 /web.config
 /__pycache__
-/node_modules
+/node_modules/
+/package-lock.json
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43c97e719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package-lock=false