diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 676c565..a888d46 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
 /_db
+/server/config.toml
diff --git a/server/config_example.toml b/server/config_example.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35d55d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/config_example.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[storage]
+sqlite = false   # if set to false, broker will use memory (not optimal for production)
+db_path = "_db/"
+
+[mqtt]
+id = 0
+
+[mqtt.router]
+id = 0
+max_connections = 10010
+max_outgoing_packet_count = 200
+max_segment_size = 104857600
+max_segment_count = 10
+
+[mqtt.v4.1]
+name = "v4-1"
+listen = "0.0.0.0:1883"
+next_connection_delay_ms = 1
+
+[mqtt.v4.1.connections]
+connection_timeout_ms = 60000
+max_payload_size = 20480
+max_inflight_count = 100
+dynamic_filters = true