diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd96ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+docker-prod.sh
+docker-test.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79cd80c..0c5b16f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ aws_access_key_id = [..]
 aws_secret_access_key = [..]
 ```
 
+Copy docker-test.sh.example to docker-test.sh, and/or docker-prod.sh.example to docker-prod.sh.
+
 `./docker-test.sh` - sets up docker-compose to run with the correct environment variables for testing
 
 `./docker-prod.sh` - sets up docker-compose to run with the correct environment variables for production
diff --git a/docker-prod.sh b/docker-prod.sh.example
similarity index 100%
rename from docker-prod.sh
rename to docker-prod.sh.example
diff --git a/docker-test.sh b/docker-test.sh.example
similarity index 100%
rename from docker-test.sh
rename to docker-test.sh.example