diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6edc0b3..21f1bbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,16 +15,6 @@ coverage
 *.mo
 *.pot
 
-# Jupyter Notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
-
-# Spyder project settings
-.spyderproject
-.spyproject
-
-# Rope project settings
-.ropeproject
-
 # PyCharm project settings
 .idea
 
@@ -32,7 +22,7 @@ coverage
 .vscode
 
 # Local data
-secrets.py
+settings_local.py
 *.log
 media/
 output/
@@ -42,6 +32,3 @@ output/
 env/
 venv/
 db.sqlite3
-
-# Don't git index
-whoosh_index/
diff --git a/tfjm/settings.py b/tfjm/settings.py
index 6fa4177..17e1838 100644
--- a/tfjm/settings.py
+++ b/tfjm/settings.py
@@ -284,3 +284,8 @@ if TFJM_STAGE == "prod":  # pragma: no cover
     from .settings_prod import *  # noqa: F401,F403
 else:
     from .settings_dev import *  # noqa: F401,F403
+
+try:
+    from .settings_local import *
+except ImportError:
+    pass