diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f29a0c0..ea5da9d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 .idea
 venv
-bearer.json
+twitter.json
 mail_credentials.json
 test.*
 __pycache__/
 *.json
+!/etc/tw2hugo/twitter.json
+!/etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 871921f..7b31972 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ Between these you can simple call the keys from the json, so `name` in dict `use
 Neato, isn't it? If you want to know how it looks like, head over to my [website](https://tuxstash.de/) and scroll down
 to the footer.
 
+# Excluding hashtags
+
+Sometimes you do not want a tweet to decorate the hard work you call your web home. You can add the following to `twitter.json`
+to exclude certain hashtags:
+
+```
+"exclude": [
+    "politics"
+]
+```
+
+You find sample configuration files in the `/etc/` folder in the project root.
+
 <!--suppress HtmlDeprecatedAttribute -->
 <p align="center">
 <a href='https://ko-fi.com/L3L31HXRQ' target='_blank'><img height='36' style='border:0;height:36px;' src='https://cdn.ko-fi.com/cdn/kofi2.png?v=2' border='0' alt='Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com' /></a>
diff --git a/etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json b/etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58a6297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/tw2hugo/mail_credentials.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "smtp-server": "smtp.example.com",
+  "smtp-port": 465,
+  "email-user": "notify@example.com",
+  "email-sendfrom": "notify@example.com",
+  "email-password": "passw0rd",
+  "email-sendto": "you@example.com"
+}
diff --git a/etc/tw2hugo/twitter.json b/etc/tw2hugo/twitter.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b6dd0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/tw2hugo/twitter.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "bearer": "bearer token from twitter",
+    "twitter-handle": "GothSeiDank",
+    "output-location": "/path/to/hugo/data/latest_tweet.json",
+    "exclude": ["1", "2"]
+}
+