diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b6ac398..9eded787 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
 #   git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
 
+#assety stuff
 realtime/node_modules
-config/database.yml
-.env
 public/assets
 
+#secrets
+config/database.yml
+config/secrets.yml
+.env
+
 # Ignore bundler config
 .bundle
 
@@ -20,5 +24,4 @@ log/*.log
 tmp
 
 .DS_Store
-
 .vagrant
diff --git a/config/secrets.yml.default b/config/secrets.yml.default
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6859262d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/secrets.yml.default
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+defaults: &defaults
+  missing_map_png_url: '/assets/missing-map.png'
+  user_png_url: '/assets/user.png'
+
+development:
+  <<: *defaults
+
+test:
+  <<: *defaults
+
+production:
+  <<: *defaults