diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4bfb7df..5615668 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 /outputs/
 /snowboy/
+/secrets/
 
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/c,c++,cmake,linux,macos,python
 # Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=c,c++,cmake,linux,macos,python
diff --git a/secrets/secrets.template.json b/secrets/secrets.template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41d654a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/secrets/secrets.template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{  
+    "GOOGLE_SPEECH_RECOGNITION_API_KEY":""
+}