diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2824772..4355a69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -132,4 +132,5 @@ dist
 # custom
 dist
 docker/*.pem
-docker/*.key
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+docker/*.key
+docker/nginx.conf
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfdc69a..1e2bf29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The provided `Dockerfile` creates an image which runs both the DNS server and a
 1. Use [SSSL](https://github.com/PretendoNetwork/SSSL) to create your patched SSL certficiates.
 2. Copy the `ssl-cert-private-key.pem` from SSSL file to `docker/private.key` (or modify the private key name in step 4) in SSSL-DNS.
 3. Copy the `cert-chain.pem` from SSSL file to `docker/ca.pem` (or modify the certificate chain name in step 4) in SSSL-DNS.
-4. Modify `docker/nginx.conf` to your liking. This will be used as the nginx default configuration, *not* a separate site config. Add any additional hostnames you may need.
+4. Create `docker/nginx.conf` from `docker/nginx.example.conf` and modify it to your liking. This will be used as the nginx default configuration, *not* a separate site config. Add any additional hostnames you may need.
 5. Create a `.env` file in the same directory as the `Dockerfile` following the above guide.
 6. `docker build -t IMAGE_NAME .`
 7. Create a container with the image, exposing ports 80, 443 and the DNS server port (by default the Wii U only supports the default port 53)
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diff --git a/docker/nginx.conf b/docker/nginx.example.conf
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rename from docker/nginx.conf
rename to docker/nginx.example.conf