diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c44583ec..1211160ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -78,5 +78,3 @@ notebook
 build
 dist
 
-global_config.yaml
-
diff --git a/gibson2/global_config.yaml b/gibson2/global_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..398a639f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gibson2/global_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+assets_path: assets # put either absolute path or relative to current directory
+dataset_path: dataset
+ig_dataset_path: ig_datset
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