diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88e5c95..89bbf59 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 build
 
 logs/*.log
-logs/*.log.gz
\ No newline at end of file
+logs/*.log.gz
+conf/*.conf
+conf/*.xml
diff --git a/conf/alarms.conf b/conf/alarms.conf.example
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/alarms.conf
rename to conf/alarms.conf.example
diff --git a/conf/evelyn.conf b/conf/evelyn.conf.example
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/evelyn.conf
rename to conf/evelyn.conf.example
diff --git a/conf/log4j2.xml b/conf/log4j2.xml.example
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/log4j2.xml
rename to conf/log4j2.xml.example
diff --git a/conf/positions.conf b/conf/positions.conf.example
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/positions.conf
rename to conf/positions.conf.example