diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db724a9..2c9c187 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ALLOWED_HOSTS
+threadchat/settings.py
 
 ### Django ###
 *.log
diff --git a/threadchat/settings.py b/threadchat/settings.example.py
similarity index 100%
rename from threadchat/settings.py
rename to threadchat/settings.example.py