diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index cc45a0d..c84143b 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ bin/
 obj/
 
 *.db
-*.env
\ No newline at end of file
+*.env
+cookies.json
diff --git a/backend/cookies.json b/backend/cookies.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3648a73..0000000
--- a/backend/cookies.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Name": "session_cookie",
-  "Value": "session_cookie_c_PhxGlrrYcWY1h9cQ6mu_LxsDIVu0u_Nv0qAK1WmvcZiZXQ_FcwXZZXDk5Tm0qrqZTHHs800Pv5bTMGIrfa8Q=="
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/example-cookies.json b/backend/example-cookies.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56e05e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/example-cookies.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "Name": "cookie_name",
+  "Value": "random cookie value here"
+}