diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89604b2..91e4481 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ dmypy.json
 bin
 obj
 appsettings.json
-local.settings.json
 
 # Azurite artifacts
 __blobstorage__
diff --git a/local.settings.json b/local.settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9681d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "IsEncrypted": false,
+    "Values": {
+      "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME": "python",
+      "AzureWebJobsStorage": "",
+      "AzureWebJobsFeatureFlags": "EnableWorkerIndexing"
+    }
+  }