diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 4dd0b849..16180123 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ uploads
 _test
 Pipfile
 data/*
+!data/config.json
 .webui_secret_key
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diff --git a/backend/data/config.json b/backend/data/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad32624f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/data/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+    "ui": {
+        "prompt_suggestions": [
+            {
+                "title": [
+                    "Help me study",
+                    "vocabulary for a college entrance exam"
+                ],
+                "content": "Help me study vocabulary: write a sentence for me to fill in the blank, and I'll try to pick the correct option."
+            },
+            {
+                "title": [
+                    "Give me ideas",
+                    "for what to do with my kids' art"
+                ],
+                "content": "What are 5 creative things I could do with my kids' art? I don't want to throw them away, but it's also so much clutter."
+            },
+            {
+                "title": [
+                    "Tell me a fun fact",
+                    "about the Roman Empire"
+                ],
+                "content": "Tell me a random fun fact about the Roman Empire"
+            },
+            {
+                "title": [
+                    "Show me a code snippet",
+                    "of a website's sticky header"
+                ],
+                "content": "Show me a code snippet of a website's sticky header in CSS and JavaScript."
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+}
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