diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a673832bd..90dd712de5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ venv/
 #Ignore cache files
 .php_cs.cache
 .php-cs-fixer.cache
+.phpmd.result-cache.php
 
 #ignore avatar picture cache path
 /avatar
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 724592df45..c94a3e8aef 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"test": "phpunit",
 		"test:unit": "phpunit -c tests/phpunit.xml --testsuite unit",
-		"phpmd": "phpmd src/ text .phpmd-ruleset.xml",
+		"phpmd": "phpmd src/ text .phpmd-ruleset.xml --color --cache",
 		"phpstan": "phpstan analyze --memory-limit 1024M --configuration .phpstan.neon",
 		"lint": "find . -name \\*.php -not -path './vendor/*' -not -path './view/asset/*' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 php -l",
 		"docker:translate": "docker run --rm -v $PWD:/data -w /data friendicaci/transifex bin/run_xgettext.sh",