diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1f19dc85dda00f9b9427212765c01592904f3765..8e1c9ff719ae01a8e81bc7dfdfc5bc50f90a8997 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 scripts/360monodepthexecution/rgb.jpg
-scripts/shifted_t.png
\ No newline at end of file
+scripts/shifted_t.png
+scripts/config.ini
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19a48be0dd48f964c9d833711f84d8fcff95fd91..c5437e52429f5f8cbe2751371f0946ace41a04e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker run -it --runtime=nvidia -e NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 360monodepth sh -c "
 ```
 
 4. Configure paths:
-Edit scripts/config.ini to set binary directories for Anaconda in Windows and WSL, and copy paste the new docker image id.
+- Make a copy of scripts/config.example.ini in the same location and rename it to config.ini.
+- Edit config.ini to set binary directories for Anaconda in Windows and WSL, and copy paste the new docker image id.
 
 5. Run the main ML pipeline:
 ```cmd
diff --git a/scripts/config.ini b/scripts/config.example.ini
similarity index 62%
rename from scripts/config.ini
rename to scripts/config.example.ini
index c1cf270a77bb3cfe4933f5a71553d5dcddd24ac2..2f606b6d997bb5b95d896b541194e4ed06bc80ac 100644
--- a/scripts/config.ini
+++ b/scripts/config.example.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# example file for config.ini
+# remove '.example' from the filename to use this file
+# populate the fields with your own values
+
 [Paths]
 condaDir=C:/ProgramData/anaconda3
 wslAnacondaDir=/home/chronohax/anaconda3/bin
@@ -8,4 +12,4 @@ edgeNetEnv=tf2
 unityEnv=unity
 
 [Docker]
-imageId=6df2cb89305210be8207da898218a81bff004d05a69889263aa61141807e6e5d
\ No newline at end of file
+imageId=6df2cb89305210be8207da898218a81bff004d05a69889263aa61141807e6e5d