diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c65380a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Used to enable specific features unique to the hosted version of Maybe. There's a very high likelihood that you don't need to change this value.
+HOSTED=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b66b155..c3cf448c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # Ignore all environment files (except templates).
 /.env*
 !/.env*.erb
+!.env.example
 
 # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
 /log/*