diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1662d7f2..2ea56ad7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ vendor/
 
 dist/
 /headscale
-config.json
 config.yaml
 config*.yaml
+!config-example.yaml
 derp.yaml
 *.hujson
 *.key