diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f73684a..f01d15c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -195,3 +195,4 @@ ModelManifest.xml
 /Teknik/Properties/PublishProfiles/IIS.pubxml
 /Teknik/App_Data/ConnectionStrings.config
 /Teknik/App_Data/Config.json.old
+/Teknik/App_Data/MachineKey.config
diff --git a/Teknik/Teknik.csproj b/Teknik/Teknik.csproj
index f67f427..afa2961 100644
--- a/Teknik/Teknik.csproj
+++ b/Teknik/Teknik.csproj
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@
     <Content Include="Areas\Admin\Views\Admin\SearchResult.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Areas\Admin\Views\Admin\SearchResults.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Areas\Admin\Views\_ViewStart.cshtml" />
+    <Content Include="App_Data\MachineKey.config" />
     <None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\Teknik Dev.pubxml" />
     <None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\Teknik Production.pubxml" />
     <None Include="Scripts\jquery-2.1.4.intellisense.js" />
diff --git a/Teknik/Web.config b/Teknik/Web.config
index 090de11..3389ec3 100644
--- a/Teknik/Web.config
+++ b/Teknik/Web.config
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
       </system.Web>
   -->
   <system.web>
+    <machineKey configSource="App_Data\MachineKey.config" />
+    <!-- Create MachineKey.config and add your machine keys-->
+    
     <httpCookies httpOnlyCookies="true" requireSSL="true" />
     <customErrors mode="Off" />
     <authentication mode="Forms">