diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 01232e2..bb6a6a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ api/data
 
 # recordings
 mediamtx/recordings
+mediamtx/mediamtx.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml b/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml.example
similarity index 100%
rename from mediamtx/mediamtx.yml
rename to mediamtx/mediamtx.yml.example