diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e7f4e38..56a89ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ acme-dns.log
 .vagrant
 coverage.out
 .idea/
+config/config.cfg
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57efe7c..a5daa13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ go build
 3) Move the built acme-dns binary to a directory in your $PATH, for example:
 `sudo mv acme-dns /usr/local/bin`
 
-4) Edit config.cfg to suit your needs (see [configuration](#configuration)). `acme-dns` will read the configuration file from `/etc/acme-dns/config.cfg` or `./config.cfg`, or a location specified with the `-c` flag.
+4) Copy config/config.cfg.example to config/config.cfg. Edit config/config.cfg to suit your needs (see [configuration](#configuration)). `acme-dns` will read the configuration file from `/etc/acme-dns/config.cfg` or `./config.cfg`, or a location specified with the `-c` flag.
 
 5) If your system has systemd, you can optionally install acme-dns as a service so that it will start on boot and be tracked by systemd. This also allows us to add the `CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE` capability so that acme-dns can be run by a user other than root.
 
diff --git a/config.cfg b/config/config.cfg.example
similarity index 100%
rename from config.cfg
rename to config/config.cfg.example