diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee9e5327..18e9a527 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ venv/
 .idea/
 *.pyc
 logs.log
+config.json
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 70c182f6..00000000
--- a/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "DB_URL": "mysql+pymysql://root:rootpw@localhost:13306/icatdb",
-  "log_level": "WARN",
-  "debug_mode": false,
-  "generate_swagger": false
-}
-
-
-
-