diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 225b1a5..82bc795 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 dukpy/jsmodules/* linguist-vendored
-*.py linguist-detectable
-tests linguist-detectable
+*.py linguist-detectable linguist-language=python 
+tests linguist-detectable linguist-language=python