diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bbd5de7..c5c2e48 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 app/config/production.php
 app/config/development.php
 
+# Application mode #
+####################
+# webiste mode settings
+mode.php
+
 # Vendor packages #
 ###################
 # we don't need to sync these everywhere
diff --git a/mode.php b/mode.php
deleted file mode 100755
index baec8fc..0000000
--- a/mode.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-development
\ No newline at end of file