diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78cd629..f541c4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ TestResults/
 *.json
 *.zip
 *.egg-info
-credentials*
\ No newline at end of file
+credentials*
+!credentials-example.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/credentials-example.json b/credentials-example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa0f58b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/credentials-example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "ADMIN_USER": "admin",
+    "ADMIN_PASS": "password",
+    "IMAP_EMAIL": "test@domain.com",
+    "IMAP_HOST": "mail.domain.com",
+    "IMAP_PORT": "993",
+    "IMAP_USER": "imap_user",
+    "IMAP_PASS": "password"
+}
\ No newline at end of file