diff --git a/riot/.gitignore b/riot/.gitignore
index ce36d3b374..0f07d8e498 100644
--- a/riot/.gitignore
+++ b/riot/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-riot-web
\ No newline at end of file
+riot-web
+riot.pid
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/riot/config-template/config.json b/riot/config-template/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d5eeb9640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/riot/config-template/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+    "default_hs_url": "http://localhost:8008",
+    "default_is_url": "https://vector.im",
+    "disable_custom_urls": false,
+    "disable_guests": false,
+    "disable_login_language_selector": false,
+    "disable_3pid_login": false,
+    "brand": "Riot",
+    "integrations_ui_url": "https://scalar.vector.im/",
+    "integrations_rest_url": "https://scalar.vector.im/api",
+    "bug_report_endpoint_url": "https://riot.im/bugreports/submit",
+    "features": {
+        "feature_groups": "labs",
+        "feature_pinning": "labs"
+    },
+    "default_federate": true,
+    "welcomePageUrl": "home.html",
+    "default_theme": "light",
+    "roomDirectory": {
+        "servers": [
+            "localhost:8008"
+        ]
+    },
+    "welcomeUserId": "@someuser:localhost",
+    "piwik": {
+        "url": "https://piwik.riot.im/",
+        "whitelistedHSUrls": ["http://localhost:8008"],
+        "whitelistedISUrls": ["https://vector.im", "https://matrix.org"],
+        "siteId": 1
+    },
+    "enable_presence_by_hs_url": {
+        "https://matrix.org": false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/riot/install.sh b/riot/install.sh
index 2eedf0fefa..22bb87f03e 100644
--- a/riot/install.sh
+++ b/riot/install.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ curl -L https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/archive/${RIOT_BRANCH}.zip --outpu
 unzip riot.zip
 rm riot.zip
 mv riot-web-${RIOT_BRANCH} riot-web
+cp config-template/config.json riot-web/
 pushd riot-web
 npm install
 npm run build