diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e22f5ad..3b21276 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -177,3 +177,4 @@ pyrightconfig.json
 
 tags
 media/
+settingsLocal.py
diff --git a/opus_submitter/opus_submitter/settings.py b/opus_submitter/opus_submitter/settings.py
index 43780ef..faefb8a 100644
--- a/opus_submitter/opus_submitter/settings.py
+++ b/opus_submitter/opus_submitter/settings.py
@@ -175,3 +175,5 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static_source"),
     os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static_source/vite"),
 ]
+
+from opus_submitter.settingsLocal import *