diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd4f2b0..312b1e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 .DS_Store
+*_config.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 073aa2f..60c525c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Kaiwa is a fork of Otalk, a prototype application created by &yet (https://githu
     cd kaiwa
     sudo apt-get install libldap2-dev uuid-dev
     npm install
+    cp dev_config.example.json dev_config.json
     node server
 
 You will need an XMPP server to use Kaiwa. We provide one at [Kaiwa server](https://github.com/digicoop/kaiwa-server).
diff --git a/dev_config.json b/dev_config.example.json
similarity index 100%
rename from dev_config.json
rename to dev_config.example.json