diff --git a/public/.gitignore b/public/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a942bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.htaccess
+
diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
deleted file mode 100644
index fde21da..0000000
--- a/public/.htaccess
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-SetEnv HOMEPAGE_CONFIG /home/ben/projects/homepage/private/config.php
-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
-<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
-    RewriteEngine on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
-    RewriteBase /~ben/homepage/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
-    RewriteRule ^(ajax/.*)$ a.php?l=$1 [L]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?l=$1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
-</IfModule>