diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 43801e7..8eb58da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 gin-bin
 example.config.local.json
 .idea
+/config.yml
+/config.json
diff --git a/example.config.yml b/example.config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b24df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+api:
+  url: https://demo.cachethq.io/api/v1
+  token: 9yMHsdioQosnyVK4iCVR
+monitors:
+  - name: google
+    target: https://google.com
+    threshold: 80
+    component_id: 1
+    interval: 10
+    timeout: 5
+    headers:
+      Authorization: Basic <hash>
+    expected_status_code: 200
+    strict: true
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