diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 904c6b63..87335bc1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,3 +56,7 @@ microwaveprop-*.tar
 # OS files
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+
+# Python bytecode caches (scripts/ has helper Python tools)
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
diff --git a/scripts/__pycache__/recalibrate_algo.cpython-313.pyc b/scripts/__pycache__/recalibrate_algo.cpython-313.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index b50e4b6d..00000000
Binary files a/scripts/__pycache__/recalibrate_algo.cpython-313.pyc and /dev/null differ