diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37a4394..41c5207 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -124,4 +124,5 @@ dmypy.json
 *.key
 *.crt
 *secrets.ini
+*secrets.config
 *client.conf
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diff --git a/secrets.ini.sample b/secrets.ini.sample
deleted file mode 100644
index ce05553..0000000
--- a/secrets.ini.sample
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS A SAMPLE FILE, PLEASE COPY IT AND EDIT THE COPY
-
-# INI secrets file holds the encrypted secrest for the script
-# the default section holds the encrypted api key and then the other sections are the pool/datasets names and encrypted keys to unlock the pools/datasets
-# the section name is the name of the pool/dataset
-# only one variable should be in each section called encrypted_key
-# example
-#[DEFAULT]
-#encrypted_api_key = encrypted_api_key goes here
-#[media]
-#encrypted_key = some encrypted key goes here
-#
-[DEFAULT]
-encrypted_api_key = 
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