diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf2bdea..264d252 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ venv.bak/
 
 deployments/*
 nginx-confs/*
-*keys.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+*keys.txt
+
+# Ignore the nginx conf for sarthi
+sarthi.conf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sarthi.conf b/sarthi.conf.template
similarity index 100%
rename from sarthi.conf
rename to sarthi.conf.template
diff --git a/setup-sarthi.sh b/setup-sarthi.sh
index b853ece..dbdb99d 100755
--- a/setup-sarthi.sh
+++ b/setup-sarthi.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ echo "ENV='$ENV'" >> .env
 echo "DOMAIN_NAME='$DOMAIN_NAME'" >> .env
 echo "SECRET_TEXT='$SECRET_TEXT'" >> .env
 
-sed -i "s/domain_name/$DOMAIN_NAME/g" "sarthi.conf"
+sed "s/domain_name/$DOMAIN_NAME/g" "sarthi.conf.template" > "sarthi.conf"
 
 # Start Grafaa + Loki services
 echo -e "${YELLOW}${POINT} Starting Loki + Grafana to export logs ${NC}"