--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.pyc
+config.py
--- a/swtstore/config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +1 @@
-#SECRET_KEY = "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
-#DATABASE = 'sweets_production'
-#DEBUG = True
-#ADMIN_USERNAME = 'admin'
-#ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'default'
-#DB_PORT = 27017
-#DB_HOST = 'localhost'
-#URL = "http://localhost:5001"
-
-class DefaultConfig():
-
-    """
-    Default configuration for Sweet Store application
-    """
-
-    DEBUG = True
-
-    SECRET_KEY = '<generate a long, random, unique string and put it here. see\
-                 python uuid>'
-
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI =\
-        'postgresql+psycopg2://ecthiender:polarbear@localhost/testing'
-
-    SQLALCHEMY_ECHO = True
-
-    #DEFAULT_MAIL_SENDER = 'support@swtr.us'
-
-    DEBUG_LOG = 'logs/debug.log'
-    ERROR_LOG = 'logs/error.log'
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swtstore/sample_config.py
@@ -1 +1,29 @@
+
+class DefaultConfig():
+
+    """
+    Default configuration for Sweet Store application
+    Copy this sample_config.py file to config.py and edit the values to your
+    requirements
+    """
+
+    # You can turn debug to False in production
+    DEBUG = True # False
+
+    # Secret key needed by the Flask application to create sessions
+    SECRET_KEY = '<generate a long, random, unique string and put it here. see\
+                 python uuid>'
+
+    # the sqlalchemy database URI
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI =\
+            'dialect+driver://username:password@host:port/database'
+
+    # sqlalchemy debug messages; turn to False in prdocution
+    SQLALCHEMY_ECHO = True #False
+
+    #DEFAULT_MAIL_SENDER = 'support@swtr.us'
+
+    # Configure your log paths
+    DEBUG_LOG = 'logs/debug.log'
+    ERROR_LOG = 'logs/error.log'