diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 5b6b22eaf..90a9f7949 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ launcher-package/src/windows/sbt text eol=lf
 **/contraband-scala/**/* -diff merge=ours
 **/contraband-scala/**/* linguist-generated=true
 **/contraband-scala/**/* diff
+
+*.contra linguist-language=graphql