diff --git a/data/config.php.example b/data/config.php.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d266508b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/config.php.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?php
+return array();
diff --git a/dev.sh b/dev.sh
index 318acd8a..1b3361ad 100755
--- a/dev.sh
+++ b/dev.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ ! -e "data/config.php" ]; then
+  cp "data/config.php.example" "data/config.php"
+fi
+
 php7.0 --server localhost:8000 --docroot web/ web/index.php