diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e43b0f9..4aee566 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 .DS_Store
+*.elc
+.eldev
+/el/sclang-autoloads.el
diff --git a/el/Eldev b/el/Eldev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c887bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/el/Eldev
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t -*-
+
+;; Uncomment some calls below as needed for your project.
+;(eldev-use-package-archive 'gnu)
+;(eldev-use-package-archive 'melpa)
+
+(eldev-use-plugin 'autoloads)
diff --git a/el/sclang.el b/el/sclang.el
index 3550287..9bbedcc 100644
--- a/el/sclang.el
+++ b/el/sclang.el
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ;;; sclang.el --- IDE for working with the SuperCollider language
-;; copyright 2003 stefan kersten <steve@k-hornz.de>
+;; Copyright 2003 stefan kersten <steve@k-hornz.de>
+;; Version: 1.0.0
+;; URL: https://github.com/supercollider/scel
 ;;
 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -16,6 +18,13 @@
 ;; Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
 ;; USA
 
+;;; Commentary:
+;;
+;; This package provides code for interfacing with sclang and scsynth.
+;; In order to be useful you need to install SuperCollider and the
+;; sc-el Quark. See the README or https://github.com/supercollider/scel
+;; for more information.
+
 ;;; Code:
 (defgroup sclang nil
   "IDE for working with the SuperCollider language."
diff --git a/el/test/fixtures/super-boring.scd b/el/test/fixtures/super-boring.scd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8b058e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/el/test/fixtures/super-boring.scd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ WhiteNoise.ar(0.2!2); }.play;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/el/test/sclang-mode-test.el b/el/test/sclang-mode-test.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1273019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/el/test/sclang-mode-test.el
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; lexical-binding: t; -*-
+;;; test/sclang-mode-test.el
+
+(ert-deftest sclang-major-mode-init-test ()
+  "Loading a file with an scd extension should init sclang-mode"
+  (find-file "fixtures/super-boring.scd")
+  (should (eq 'sclang-mode major-mode)))