diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6224090..967cc65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ nitter
 *.db
 /tests/__pycache__
 /tests/geckodriver.log
-/tmp
+/tests/downloaded_files/*
 /tools/gencss
 /public/css/style.css
+nitter.conf
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ee44e32..6c8bc21 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ RUN nimble build -y -d:release --passC:"-flto" --passL:"-flto" \
 FROM alpine:latest
 WORKDIR /src/
 RUN apk --no-cache add pcre sqlite
-COPY --from=nim /src/nitter/nitter /src/nitter/nitter.conf ./
+COPY --from=nim /src/nitter/nitter /src/nitter/nitter.example.conf ./nitter.conf
 COPY --from=nim /src/nitter/public ./public
 CMD ./nitter
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e90e58d..6ad063b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
 $ cd nitter
 $ nimble build -d:release
 $ nimble scss
-$ mkdir ./tmp
+$ cp nitter.example.conf nitter.conf
 ```
 
 Set your hostname, port, HMAC key, https (must be correct for cookies), and
diff --git a/nitter.conf b/nitter.example.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from nitter.conf
rename to nitter.example.conf