diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 44b7275..1e434d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 /linklist-*
 /alreadydownloaded*.txt
 /once.yaml
+
+# Explicitly allow encrypted versions of my lists
+!/*.crypt
diff --git a/decrypt-my-lists.sh b/decrypt-my-lists.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c1acf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decrypt-my-lists.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# I want to version-control my lists, but i don't want them to be visible in case I ever decide to publicize this repository.
+# So.... I guess I'll just check in encrypted versions, lol.
+
+openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -in linklist-videos.yaml.crypt -out linklist-videos.yaml
+openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -in linklist-music.yaml.crypt -out linklist-music.yaml
diff --git a/linklist-music.yaml.crypt b/linklist-music.yaml.crypt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6aa296
Binary files /dev/null and b/linklist-music.yaml.crypt differ
diff --git a/linklist-videos.yaml.crypt b/linklist-videos.yaml.crypt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b89ac8
Binary files /dev/null and b/linklist-videos.yaml.crypt differ
diff --git a/update-my-lists-crypt.sh b/update-my-lists-crypt.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20f839e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-my-lists-crypt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# I want to version-control my lists, but i don't want them to be visible in case I ever decide to publicize this repository.
+# So.... I guess I'll just check in encrypted versions, lol.
+
+openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -in linklist-videos.yaml -out linklist-videos.yaml.crypt
+openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -in linklist-music.yaml -out linklist-music.yaml.crypt