diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8d592f0..4b3737a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -162,4 +162,5 @@ cython_debug/
 
 # data 
 store/
-*cookies.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+*cookies.txt
+auth.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/auth.yaml.example b/auth.yaml.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54b76a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auth.yaml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+credentials:
+  usernames:
+    jsmith:
+      email: jsmith@gmail.com
+      name: John Smith
+      password: # Placeholder for hashed password of 'abc'
+    rbriggs:
+      email: rbriggs@gmail.com
+      name: Rebecca Briggs
+      password: # Placeholder for hashed password of 'def'
+cookie:
+  expiry_days: 30
+  key: some_signature_key # Must be string
+  name: some_cookie_name
+preauthorized:
+  emails:
+  - melsby@gmail.com
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/frontend.py b/src/frontend.py
index 5919aa7..0d0674c 100644
--- a/src/frontend.py
+++ b/src/frontend.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import streamlit as st
-
 from backend import get_query_engine, init_index
+query_engine = get_query_engine(init_index())
 
 st.set_page_config(
     page_title="Chat with the Streamlit docs, powered by LlamaIndex",
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 st.info("Alpha Version", icon="📃")
 
 
-query_engine = get_query_engine(init_index())
-
-
 def get_response(query):
     with st.spinner(text="Thinking ..."):
         st.markdown(query_engine.query(query).response)
@@ -26,4 +23,3 @@ def get_response(query):
     submitted = st.form_submit_button("Ask")
     if submitted:
         get_response(text)
-