diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3caacca..29aa7f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 erl_crash.dump
 *.ez
 *.beam
-/config/
+/config/config.exs
 .elixir_ls/
 
diff --git a/config/config.example.exs b/config/config.example.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddea0e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.example.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import Config
+
+config :nostrum,
+  token: "bot token goes here",
+  gateway_intents: [
+    :guilds,
+    :guild_members,
+    :guild_messages,
+    :message_content,
+    :guild_message_reactions
+  ]