diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7c50deae..f4dc4e89e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ api/data/
 owner.yml
 archive
 .vscode/settings.json
-.npmrc 
 src/style - official.css
 /e2e/specs/.test-results/
 /e2e/playwright-report/
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef0ca82a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/
+always-auth=false