diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d98989c..cecc3bec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # You should customize this list as applicable to your project.
 # Learn more about .gitignore:
 #     https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/saving-changes/gitignore
-
+# wp-config local file
+wp/wp-config-local.php
 # Node artifact files
 node_modules/
 #dist/
diff --git a/wp/wp-config-local.php b/wp/wp-config-local.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d4ed4591..00000000
--- a/wp/wp-config-local.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-define( 'DB_NAME', 'medicalalert' );
-define( 'DB_USER', 'root' );
-define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'root' );
-define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost:/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock' );
-define( 'DB_CHARSET', 'utf8' );
-define( 'DB_COLLATE', '' );
-
-$table_prefix = 'wp_xygy_';
-
diff --git a/wp/wp-config.php b/wp/wp-config.php
index 6d162205..36c25f25 100644
--- a/wp/wp-config.php
+++ b/wp/wp-config.php
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 <?php
 define( 'WP_CACHE', true ); // Added by WP Rocket
 
-if ( file_exists( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-config-local.php' ) ) {
-	include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-config-local.php' );
-	define( 'WP_LOCAL_DEV', true );
-} else {
-	
+/**
+ * This config file is yours to hack on. It will work out of the box on Pantheon
+ * but you may find there are a lot of neat tricks to be used here.
+ *
+ * See our documentation for more details:
+ *
+ * https://pantheon.io/docs
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * This block will be executed if you are NOT running on Pantheon and have NO
+ * wp-config-local.php. Insert alternate config here if necessary.
+ *
+ * If you are only running on Pantheon, you can ignore this block.
+ */
+
 // ------------------------------------
 define('DB_NAME',          $_SERVER["SUBDOMAIN"]);
 define('DB_USER',          $_SERVER["DB_USER"]);
@@ -27,8 +39,6 @@ define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', '03e361ac295e49d27bd47e6229558724bdf16e3ed9705efd2822
 define('LOGGED_IN_SALT',   '90d8f33cc74663986e2bbe86b5d11539180ea434974ea2a1e17eca04f4b54abc');
 define('NONCE_SALT',       '6640b7f1a18031eaf01b6e7dc3f445b6f582ab9922674c286c2b527c9c579dea');
 $table_prefix = 'wp_xygy_';
-}
-
 
 /**
  * For developers: WordPress debugging mode.