diff --git a/.env b/.env.template
similarity index 100%
rename from .env
rename to .env.template
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4deeba0..d0e7ef6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 .idea
-.env
-backend-config/*
-backend-data/*
+.env.template
diff --git a/backend-config/.gitignore b/backend-config/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1adc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend-config/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*
+*/
+!.gitignore
+!config.template.xml
+!logback.template.xml
+!production.template.conf
diff --git a/backend-config/config.xml b/backend-config/config.template.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from backend-config/config.xml
rename to backend-config/config.template.xml
diff --git a/backend-config/logback.xml b/backend-config/logback.template.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from backend-config/logback.xml
rename to backend-config/logback.template.xml
diff --git a/backend-config/production.conf b/backend-config/production.template.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from backend-config/production.conf
rename to backend-config/production.template.conf