diff --git a/grpc-ingest/.gitignore b/grpc-ingest/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..191f3badd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grpc-ingest/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+config-grpc2redis.yaml
+config-ingester.yaml
+config-monitor.yaml
diff --git a/grpc-ingest/README.md b/grpc-ingest/README.md
index 011b2a062..1f3a46393 100644
--- a/grpc-ingest/README.md
+++ b/grpc-ingest/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ docker compose up db redis prometheus
 INIT_FILE_PATH=./init.sql sea migrate up --database-url=postgres://solana:solana@localhost:5432/solana
 ```
 
-### Config for grpc2redis [./config-grpc2redis.yml](./config-grpc2redis.yml)
+### Configs
+
+Example config files are available at
+- [./config-grpc2redis.example.yml](./config-grpc2redis.example.yml)
+- [./config-ingester.example.yml](./config-ingester.example.yml)
+- [./config-monitor.example.yml](./config-monitor.example.yml) 
+
+Copy these files and modify them as needed to setup the project. 
+
 
 ### Run grpc2redis service
 
diff --git a/grpc-ingest/config-grpc2redis.yml b/grpc-ingest/config-grpc2redis.example.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from grpc-ingest/config-grpc2redis.yml
rename to grpc-ingest/config-grpc2redis.example.yml
diff --git a/grpc-ingest/config-ingester.yml b/grpc-ingest/config-ingester.example.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from grpc-ingest/config-ingester.yml
rename to grpc-ingest/config-ingester.example.yml
diff --git a/grpc-ingest/config-monitor.yml b/grpc-ingest/config-monitor.example.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from grpc-ingest/config-monitor.yml
rename to grpc-ingest/config-monitor.example.yml