diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 592e470..6a24e9d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 __pycache__
 *.pyc
 data/*
+settings.py
diff --git a/scripts/settings.py b/scripts/settings.example.py
similarity index 68%
rename from scripts/settings.py
rename to scripts/settings.example.py
index 09b1a89..89e8f31 100644
--- a/scripts/settings.py
+++ b/scripts/settings.example.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 PAGEDJS_BINARY_PATH = 'node_modules/pagedjs-cli/bin/paged'
-DEBUG = True
-BASEURL = ''
\ No newline at end of file
+DEBUG = False
+BASEURL = ''