diff --git a/Resources/config.json b/Resources/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f23903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "logPath": "\/var\/log\/caps.log",
+    "serveFiles": true
+}
diff --git a/Resources/paths.conf b/Resources/paths.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 917b297..0000000
--- a/Resources/paths.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/data/logs/caps/server.log
-/data/servers/caps/Public
diff --git a/Sources/App/Config.swift b/Sources/App/Config.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1740cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/App/Config.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import Foundation
+
+struct Config: Codable {
+
+    let logPath: String
+
+    let serveFiles: Bool
+
+    var logURL: URL {
+        .init(fileURLWithPath: logPath)
+    }
+
+    static var `default`: Config {
+        .init(logPath: "/var/log/caps.log", serveFiles: true)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/App/configure.swift b/Sources/App/configure.swift
index feba30c..d48f6b0 100755
--- a/Sources/App/configure.swift
+++ b/Sources/App/configure.swift
@@ -1,35 +1,38 @@
 import Vapor
+import Foundation
 
 
 private(set) var server: CapServer!
 
-// configures your application
 public func configure(_ app: Application) throws {
-    // uncomment to serve files from /Public folder
-    // app.middleware.use(FileMiddleware(publicDirectory: app.directory.publicDirectory))
     
     app.http.server.configuration.port = 6001
     app.routes.defaultMaxBodySize = "2mb"
-    
+
     let configFile = URL(fileURLWithPath: app.directory.resourcesDirectory)
-        .appendingPathComponent("paths.conf")
-    let configData = try String(contentsOf: configFile)
-        .components(separatedBy: "\n")
-        .map { $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces) }
-        .filter { !$0.isEmpty }
-    guard configData.count >= 2 else {
-        print("Invalid configuration file: \(configData.count) lines")
-        throw CapError.invalidConfiguration
+        .appendingPathComponent("config.json")
+    let config: Config
+    if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: configFile.path) {
+        config = .default
+        let configData = try JSONEncoder().encode(config)
+        try configData.write(to: configFile)
+        print("Wrote default configuration")
+    } else {
+        let configData = try Data(contentsOf: configFile)
+        config = try JSONDecoder().decode(Config.self, from: configData)
     }
-    let logFile = URL(fileURLWithPath: configData[0])
-    let publicDirectory = URL(fileURLWithPath: configData[1])
-    
-    try Log.set(logFile: logFile.path)
-    
-    server = try CapServer(in: publicDirectory)
+
+    try Log.set(logFile: config.logPath)
+
+    let publicDirectory = app.directory.publicDirectory
+    if config.serveFiles {
+        let middleware = FileMiddleware(publicDirectory: publicDirectory)
+        app.middleware.use(middleware)
+    }
+
+    server = try CapServer(in: URL(fileURLWithPath: publicDirectory))
     try server.loadCapNames()
     
     // Register routes to the router
     try routes(app)
-    // Configure the rest of your application here
 }