diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d381cc..e33227a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -160,3 +160,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
+secrets/auth.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/secrets/auth_example.yaml b/secrets/auth_example.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7004baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/secrets/auth_example.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Rename this file to auth.yaml and provide correct values below to authenticate to bgg
+username: username_example
+password: password_example
\ No newline at end of file