diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2731e53..cdb4317 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # MeshMapper API configuration (contains sensitive API key)
-# Note: config.js is now tracked with placeholder value for local development
-# During deployment, GitHub Actions regenerates it with the actual API key
+content/config.js
 
 # Node modules (if added in the future)
 node_modules/
diff --git a/content/config.js b/content/config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d46fcf..0000000
--- a/content/config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// MeshMapper API Configuration
-// This file contains the API key for posting to MeshMapper API
-// During GitHub Pages deployment, this file is automatically regenerated with the actual API key from GitHub Secrets
-// For local development, the placeholder value will cause the API post to be skipped
-window.MESHMAPPER_API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE";
diff --git a/content/config.template.js b/content/config.template.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23a1fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/config.template.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// MeshMapper API Configuration
+// This file contains the API key for posting to MeshMapper API
+// Set MESHMAPPER_API_KEY to your actual API key
+window.MESHMAPPER_API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE";