diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8da9b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+blank_issues_enabled: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 92279df..588e53b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ pycti.egg-info
 logs
 test.py
 .idea
+
+# Keep the GitHub issue template chooser config (the bare config.yml rule above would otherwise ignore it)
+!.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml