diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f9d03b..a544eab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 # Added by cargo
 
 /target
+
+# Python bytecode from running connectors
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/connectors/__pycache__/unified_connector.cpython-312.pyc b/connectors/__pycache__/unified_connector.cpython-312.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index ce6fd52..0000000
Binary files a/connectors/__pycache__/unified_connector.cpython-312.pyc and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/tests/connectors/__pycache__/unified_connector.cpython-312.pyc b/tests/connectors/__pycache__/unified_connector.cpython-312.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index c3623eb..0000000
Binary files a/tests/connectors/__pycache__/unified_connector.cpython-312.pyc and /dev/null differ