diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b093f6..4db2c97 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ npm-debug.log
 # this depending on your deployment strategy.
 /priv/static/
 
+# config secrets
+/config/*.secret.exs
 
 # for vscode elixir_ls extension files
 /.elixir_ls
 
+# blog content repo folder
+/priv/content/*
+!/priv/content/.gitkeep
+
 # dev
 TODO.md
diff --git a/config/dev.exs b/config/dev.exs
index 568e29b..9705a46 100644
--- a/config/dev.exs
+++ b/config/dev.exs
@@ -66,3 +66,6 @@ config :phoenix, :stacktrace_depth, 20
 
 # Initialize plugs at runtime for faster development compilation
 config :phoenix, :plug_init_mode, :runtime
+
+# Finally import the config/dev.secret.exs which loads secret config
+import_config "dev.secret.exs"
diff --git a/priv/content/.gitkeep b/priv/content/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29