diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e83a2d1..da2f9c3a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ docs/_build/
 target/
 
 .vagrant/
+alliance_auth/settings.py
diff --git a/alliance_auth/settings.py b/alliance_auth/settings.py.example
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 100%
rename from alliance_auth/settings.py
rename to alliance_auth/settings.py.example