diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4f2245..53acf16 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # ── Secrets / local config ─────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Keep the base appsettings.json (no real secrets); ignore env-specific ones.
-**/appsettings.*.json
-!**/appsettings.json
+
 .env
 .env.*
 !**/.env*.example
diff --git a/Backend/ERPCore/appsettings.Development.json b/Backend/ERPCore/appsettings.Development.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a190287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backend/ERPCore/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+    }
+  },
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=ERPCore;Username=postgres;Password=postgres"
+  },
+  "Jwt": {
+    "SigningKey": "dev-only-signing-key-please-change-me-0123456789"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Backend/ERPCore/appsettings.Production.json b/Backend/ERPCore/appsettings.Production.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..838af85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backend/ERPCore/appsettings.Production.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DefaultConnection": ""
+  },
+  "Jwt": {
+    "SigningKey": ""
+  }
+}