diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b10c8f0d6..e9628be32 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ node_modules
 .idea/
 *.iml
 .*.tmp
+config.js
 deploy-local.sh
 libs/app.bundle.*
 libs/lib-jitsi-meet*
diff --git a/config.js b/config.example.js
similarity index 100%
rename from config.js
rename to config.example.js
diff --git a/debian/jitsi-meet.docs b/debian/jitsi-meet.docs
index 8421d4d7d..e7741412b 100644
--- a/debian/jitsi-meet.docs
+++ b/debian/jitsi-meet.docs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 README.md
 doc/debian/jitsi-meet/jitsi-meet.example
 doc/debian/jitsi-meet/README
-config.js
+config.example.js
diff --git a/debian/jitsi-meet.postinst b/debian/jitsi-meet.postinst
index fdf38cccc..cfae4ac12 100644
--- a/debian/jitsi-meet.postinst
+++ b/debian/jitsi-meet.postinst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ case "$1" in
         # jitsi meet
         JITSI_MEET_CONFIG="/etc/jitsi/meet/$JVB_HOSTNAME-config.js"
         if [ ! -f $JITSI_MEET_CONFIG ] ; then
-            cp /usr/share/doc/jitsi-meet/config.js $JITSI_MEET_CONFIG
+            cp /usr/share/doc/jitsi-meet/config.example.js $JITSI_MEET_CONFIG
             sed -i "s/jitsi-meet.example.com/$JVB_HOSTNAME/g" $JITSI_MEET_CONFIG
         fi
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d430dd2fa..6670fffae 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_installdirs
-	dh_install -X/config.js -X/package.json
+	dh_install -X/config.example.js -X/package.json
diff --git a/doc/manual-install.md b/doc/manual-install.md
index b5f905676..2ccb06532 100644
--- a/doc/manual-install.md
+++ b/doc/manual-install.md
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ Checkout and configure Jitsi Meet:
 cd /srv
 git clone https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet.git
 mv jitsi-meet/ jitsi.example.com
+cd jitsi.example.com/
+cp config.example.js config.js
 ```
 
 Edit host names in `/srv/jitsi.example.com/config.js` (see also the example config file):