diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-ants-flow.md b/.changeset/spicy-ants-flow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..383f8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-ants-flow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@loveholidays/phrasebook': minor
+---
+
+Adding optional locale override
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ae8457..d104800 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 /tmp
 /out-tsc
 status.json
+.yalc
+yalc.lock
+loveholidays-phrasebook-*.tgz
 
 # dependencies
 /node_modules