diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cbbfaffa8b..f392c2a757 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ services:
       DATABASE_URI: postgres://pysite:pysite@postgres/metricity
       USE_METRICITY: ${USE_METRICITY-false}
     volumes:
-      - ./config.toml:/metricity/config.toml
+      - ./metricity-config.toml:/metricity/config.toml
 
   snekbox:
     << : *logging
diff --git a/metricity-config.toml b/metricity-config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95fe6e0c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metricity-config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# If a value is set to a dictionary with a key named env the variable is replaced
+# at runtime with the value specified in that environment variable. If the variable
+# also has an optional attribute set then it will be set as None if no environment
+# variable is set.
+
+# This file is used by metricity, so can be ingnored if you don't intend to run metricity.
+# If you do, then you can set the env var USE_METRICITY to true and update these values
+# to the appropriate values for your server.
+
+[python]
+# Sets the root log level.
+log_level = "INFO"
+
+# Sets the logging level used for discord.py, DEBUG is not recommended even in local setups.
+discord_log_level = "INFO"
+
+[bot]
+# The token Metricity will use to authenticate with Discord.
+token = { env = "BOT_TOKEN" }
+
+# The guild ID that Metricity should be reporting about
+guild_id = 476190141161930753
+
+# This is the role ID of the role that should identify staff members, for Python Discord this is the helper ID
+staff_role_id = 476190429960732672
+
+# Channels that should be flagged as staff only by category ID
+staff_categories = [
+    609529926366003201,
+    686646323985907808
+]
+
+# Don't report messages for the following categories
+ignore_categories = [
+    609530625233387540
+]
+
+[database]
+# Postgres!
+
+# If a database URI is passed in the "uri" variable it will override any specifics passed
+
+uri = { env = "DATABASE_URI", optional = true }
+
+# Otherwise, the below configuration options should be specified
+
+host = "127.0.0.1"
+port = 5432
+database = "metricity"
+username = "postgres"
+password = "postgres"