diff --git a/config/.gitignore b/config/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a684b153987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+serialize/.ipfsconfig
diff --git a/config/gateway.go b/config/gateway.go
index a8ba70590717..7e64b566fb4f 100644
--- a/config/gateway.go
+++ b/config/gateway.go
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ type Gateway struct {
 	RootRedirect string
 	Writable     bool
 	PathPrefixes []string
+	APICommands  []string
 }
diff --git a/config/init.go b/config/init.go
index c4ea9e41bcd2..22aa699b8e35 100644
--- a/config/init.go
+++ b/config/init.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func Init(out io.Writer, nBitsForKeypair int) (*Config, error) {
 				"Access-Control-Allow-Methods": []string{"GET"},
 				"Access-Control-Allow-Headers": []string{"X-Requested-With", "Range"},
 			},
+			APICommands: []string{},
 		},
 		Reprovider: Reprovider{
 			Interval: "12h",