diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c70bada5..eb6011963 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 *.gem
 *.tar.gz
+
+docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a96cb113..dc127d441 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ docker build --tag=$USER/gitlab .
 The quickest way to get started is using [docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/).
 
 ```bash
-wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sameersbn/docker-gitlab/master/docker-compose.yml
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sameersbn/docker-gitlab/master/docker-compose.yml.dist -O docker-compose.yml
 docker-compose up
 ```
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml.dist
similarity index 100%
rename from docker-compose.yml
rename to docker-compose.yml.dist