diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ebf8524..5dcdeab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 .env
 __pycache__
-settings.py
 docs/_html
diff --git a/DroneMD/settings.py b/DroneMD/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32da7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DroneMD/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SERVER = 'https://opendronemap.domain'
+USERNAME = 'user'
+PASSWORD = 'password'
+ZENODO = 'zenodo_token'