diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf364174b57f4e0f702b9777a846846a99115286..1a10b898c5ca02bd3f87391131a72224084de4f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+bin/smartdata/Config.php
 tmp/*
 bin/smartdata/importers/
 bin/workflow/tutorial/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8346e756661c21363c20a145e58a1f670aa182bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Configure
+```
+cp bin/smartdata/Config.php.template bin/smartdata/Config.php
+
+```
+* Edit `bin/smartdata/Config.php` to customize your environment.
diff --git a/bin/smartdata/Config.php b/bin/smartdata/Config.php.template
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/smartdata/Config.php
rename to bin/smartdata/Config.php.template