diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce7206fb4..f982ca422 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ build/
 # ignore the packaging folder contents from git
 packaging/
 # ignore vscode files
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+.code-workspace
+CXXGraph.code-workspace
diff --git a/examples/NetworkDynamicsExample/network_dynamics_example.cpp b/examples/NetworkDynamicsExample/network_dynamics_example.cpp
index 5d7f17124..acba2f304 100644
--- a/examples/NetworkDynamicsExample/network_dynamics_example.cpp
+++ b/examples/NetworkDynamicsExample/network_dynamics_example.cpp
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ int main() {
   auto degreeMatrix = graph.getDegreeMatrix();
   for (const auto& nodePair : *degreeMatrix) {
     const CXXGraph::shared<const CXXGraph::Node<int>>& node = nodePair.first;
-    const std::vector<int>& degrees = nodePair.second;
+    const unsigned int degree = nodePair.second;
 
-    std::cout << "Node: " << node->getId() << ", Degree: " << degrees[0]
-              << "\n";
+    std::cout << "Node: " << node->getId() << ", Degree: " << degree << "\n";
   }
   auto laplacianMatrix = graph.getLaplacianMatrix();
   for (const auto& nodePair : *laplacianMatrix) {