diff --git a/config/.gitignore b/config/.gitignore
index 0b770aea33..709b75bc14 100644
--- a/config/.gitignore
+++ b/config/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 phoenix.yml
+phoenix.json
+
 config.json
diff --git a/config/example.json b/config/example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f23fcbaf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"debug": {
+		"addr": "0.0.0.0:8090",
+		"token": "",
+		"pprof": false
+	},
+	"http": {
+		"addr": "0.0.0.0:8080",
+		"root": "/"
+	},
+	"asset": {
+		"path": ""
+	},
+	"config": {
+		"file": ""
+	}
+}