diff --git a/pi/.gitignore b/pi/.gitignore
index 52ae013..9e0f5ba 100644
--- a/pi/.gitignore
+++ b/pi/.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/pi/config/alarms.json b/pi/config/alarms.sample.json
similarity index 100%
rename from pi/config/alarms.json
rename to pi/config/alarms.sample.json