diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57db651..9c8cce7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ src/db/db/
 src/wallet/wallet/
 /*.log
 src/bin/tls_data/
-src/bin/tls_certificates.json
 
 *.txt
 
diff --git a/src/bin/tls_certificates.json b/src/bin/tls_certificates.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec02c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/tls_certificates.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "file_comment": [
+        "/// !!! AUTOGENERATED: DO NOT EDIT !!!",
+        "/// Generated with: src/bin/node_settings_gen_key_certs.sh"
+    ],
+    "tls_config": {
+        "pem_certificates": {},
+        "pem_pkcs8_private_keys": {},
+        "socket_name_mapping": {}
+    }
+}