diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e..602343e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+local.json
diff --git a/example_local.json b/example_local.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1221d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_local.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "database": {
+    "user": "foo",
+    "password": "bar",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "port": "5673",
+    "database": "pubhub",
+  }
+}