diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 8e26bed02..1f6a483ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run e2e tests
       run: |
+        cat e2e/config.yaml.sample >> e2e/config.yaml
         cat ~/.config/drenv/rdr/config.yaml >> e2e/config.yaml
         make e2e-rdr
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4de2acb8..36813ec25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 /bin
 /testbin/*
 
+# config files
+/e2e/config.yaml
+
 # Test binary, build with `go test -c`
 *.test
 
diff --git a/e2e/config.yaml b/e2e/config.yaml.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from e2e/config.yaml
rename to e2e/config.yaml.sample