diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52ae013..9e0f5ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 */__pycache__
 __pycache__/
 *.pyo
-*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
+*.pyc
+
+# configs
+configs/
+!configs/alarms.sample.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/alarms.json b/config/alarms.sample.json
similarity index 100%
rename from config/alarms.json
rename to config/alarms.sample.json