diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56a282d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PYTHONPATH=src
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 51410e9..5c8c774 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 # SageMath parsed files
 *.sage.py
 
-# dotenv
-.env
-
 # virtualenv
 .venv
 venv/
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9db66d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[TYPECHECK]
+generated-members=QuickChats.*
diff --git a/src/util/__init__.py b/src/util/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29