diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1338d6..0b61b15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,14 +1,2 @@
 # Binaries for programs and plugins
 *.exe
-*.dll
-*.so
-*.dylib
-
-# Test binary, build with `go test -c`
-*.test
-
-# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
-*.out
-
-# Project-local glide cache, RE: https://github.com/Masterminds/glide/issues/736
-.glide/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8e09e8..e6f0d57 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 # golang-design-patterns
 Implementation of design patterns in Golang
+
+
+### Table of contents
+**[Creational Patterns](#creational-patterns)**<br>
+**[Structural Patterns](#structural-patterns)**<br>
+**[Behavioral Patterns](#behavioral-patterns)**<br>
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diff --git a/creational/singleton/singleton.go b/creational/singleton/singleton.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52845af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/creational/singleton/singleton.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package singleton
+
+type Singleton interface {
+	AddOne() int
+}
+
+type singleton struct {
+	count int
+}
+
+var instance *singleton
+
+func GetInstance() Singleton {
+	if instance == nil {
+		instance = new(singleton)
+	}
+
+	return instance
+}
+
+func (s *singleton) AddOne() int {
+	s.count++
+	return s.count
+}
diff --git a/creational/singleton/singleton_test.go b/creational/singleton/singleton_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e5b7df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/creational/singleton/singleton_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package singleton
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestGetInstance(t *testing.T) {
+
+	firstCounter := GetInstance()
+
+	if firstCounter == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected pointer to Singleton after calling GetInstance(), not nil")
+	}
+
+	expectedCounter := firstCounter
+
+	count := firstCounter.AddOne()
+	if count != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("After calling for the first time to count, the count must be 1 but it is %d\n", count)
+	}
+
+	secondCounter := GetInstance()
+	if secondCounter != expectedCounter {
+		t.Error("Expected same counter in secondCounter but got different instance")
+	}
+
+	count = secondCounter.AddOne()
+	if count != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("After calling AddOne in second counter, count must be 2 but was $d\n", count)
+	}
+}
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