diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a585e0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 372a266c..0cb04aa9 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ def increase_score():
         if team["id"] == team_id:
             team["score"] += 1
 
+    scoreboard.sort(key=lambda team: team["score"], reverse=True)
+
     return jsonify(scoreboard=scoreboard)
 
 
diff --git a/static/scoreboard.js b/static/scoreboard.js
index 34ce2009..0652703f 100644
--- a/static/scoreboard.js
+++ b/static/scoreboard.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ function increase_score(id){
     contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
     data : JSON.stringify(team_id),
     success: function(result){
+      display_scoreboard(result.scoreboard);
         
     },
     error: function(request, status, error){