diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03e78243a..7f705cb07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ capybara-*.html
 /spec/tmp
 **.orig
 config/initializers/secret_token.rb
+config/application.yml
 config/secrets.yml
 config/database.yml
 /export
diff --git a/config/application.yml b/config/application-example.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from config/application.yml
rename to config/application-example.yml