diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b108dbc7..a2870570 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ ENV/
 
 .idea/
 
-# config file
-royalbotconfig.py
-
 # grandbot.py files
 diario.txt
 
diff --git a/royalbotconfig.py b/royalbotconfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f150f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/royalbotconfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import os
+
+class MissingTokenError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+if "telegram_token" in os.environ:
+    telegram_token = os.environ["telegram_token"]
+else:
+    raise MissingTokenError("telegram_token")
+
+if "discord_token" in os.environ:
+    discord_token = os.environ["discord_token"]
+else:
+    raise MissingTokenError("discord_token")
+
+if "discord_webhook" in os.environ:
+    discord_webhook = os.environ["discord_webhook"]
+else:
+    raise MissingTokenError("discord_webhook")