diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b56ad0a304..c9490da5c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,156 @@
 docs/build
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+.vscode
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d1ae2711e3..0000000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "cSpell.words": [
-        "avogadrolibs",
-        "Cjson"
-    ]
-}
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diff --git a/python/avogadro/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc b/python/avogadro/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
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index 31df41019a..0000000000
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diff --git a/python/avogadro/__pycache__/cjson.cpython-310.pyc b/python/avogadro/__pycache__/cjson.cpython-310.pyc
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diff --git a/python/avogadro/cjson.py b/python/avogadro/cjson.py
index 6880f5f768..49b8d02caf 100644
--- a/python/avogadro/cjson.py
+++ b/python/avogadro/cjson.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 class Cjson:
     def __init__(self):
-        print("cjson configured successfully start your operations")
+        pass
     def __open_file(self, filePath):
         with open(filePath, 'r') as cjsonFile:
             py_dict_data = json.load(cjsonFile)
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ def __open_file(self, filePath):
     def __to_cjson(self, element_coords):
         cjson_dict = {"element-coordinates" :element_coords}
         cjsonData = json.dumps(cjson_dict, indent=4)
-        print(cjsonData)
+        return (cjsonData)
     def get_atoms_coords(self,filePath):
         data = self.__open_file(filePath)
         coords = data["atoms"]["coords"]["3d"]
         elements = data["atoms"]["elements"]["number"]
         element_coords = [(*coords[i*3:(i+1)*3], elements[i]) for i in range(0, int(len(coords) / 3))]
-        print(type(element_coords))
-        self.__to_cjson(element_coords)
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+        return self.__to_cjson(element_coords)
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