diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7b03a2..00d2f1b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /target/
 /.settings/
 /.idea/
-/.m2/
 /.classpath
 /.project
 /RealisticWorldGenerator.iml
diff --git a/.m2/settings.xml b/.m2/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..015a1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.m2/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+	<servers>
+		<server>
+			<id>ossrh</id>
+			<username>${env.MAVEN_USER}</username>
+			<password>${env.MAVEN_PASSWORD}</password>
+		</server>
+	</servers>
+
+  <activeProfiles></activeProfiles>
+
+</settings>