diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47c6993..fe667ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ _testmain.go
 *.sublime-workspace
 .vscode/
 *~
+config.json
diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a97561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"DatabaseHost": "localhost", 
+	"DatabaseUser": "user", 
+	"DatabasePassword": "thisismypassword", 
+	"DatabaseName": "budgeteer"
+}
\ No newline at end of file