diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 33a5ed7b..706e6f17 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ app/nbproject/*
 app/processed_vaultmsgs/*
 app/vaultmsgs/*
 app/cake_eclipse_helper.php
-app/config/*
 app/webroot/pdf/*
 app/webroot/attachments_files/*
diff --git a/app/config/database.php b/app/config/database.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b87a665a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/config/database.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+//CakePHP is pretty awful. I was so foolish.
+
+class DATABASE_CONFIG {
+
+  var $default = array(
+    'driver' => 'mysql',
+    'persistent' => false,
+    'host' => 'localhost',
+    'login' => 'root',
+    'password' => '', 
+    'database' => 'cmc',
+    'prefix' => '',
+  );
+
+  var $test = array(
+    'driver' => 'mysql',
+    'persistent' => false,
+    'host' => 'localhost',
+    'login' => 'user',
+    'password' => 'password',
+    'database' => 'test_database_name',
+    'prefix' => '',
+  );
+}
+