diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 80d3a0c..11a898b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
 
 /build
-/configs
+/configs/*
+!/configs/*.example.json
 
 # compiled output
 /dist