diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c751bb25e..b8ffbe55b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+KibanaConfig.rb
 KibanaConfig.rbackup.rb
 *.DS_Store
 /tmp/*
diff --git a/KibanaConfig.rb b/KibanaConfig.rb.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from KibanaConfig.rb
rename to KibanaConfig.rb.sample
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 768dc72e8..949e5f42f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Install:
 	bundle install  
 
 Configure:  
+Copy the sample configuration file into place:
+	cp KibanaConfig.rb.sample KibanaConfig.rb
+
 Set your elasticsearch server in KibanaConfig.rb:  
 	Elasticsearch = "elasticsearch:9200"