diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f67789..5f42853 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 app/tools/*
 __pycache__
 lemmacli.egg-info
-samconfig.toml
-template.yaml
-*.log
+/samconfig.toml
+/template.yaml
+/*.log
 app/tool_requirements.txt
diff --git a/templates/samconfig.toml b/templates/samconfig.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86bbb30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/samconfig.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version = 0.1
+[default.deploy.parameters]
+stack_name = "lemma"
+resolve_s3 = true
+s3_prefix = "lemma"
+region = "%REGION%"
+capabilities = "CAPABILITY_IAM"
+image_repositories = []