diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd04e98..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-config/*
diff --git a/config/recorder.conf b/config/recorder.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f3ee1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/recorder.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#(@)recorder.conf
+
+# add needed configuration directives (OTR_*) to this file
+#
+
+# OTR_GEOKEY="opencage:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+