diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import json
 import logging as log
 from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler
 
@@ -10,15 +11,19 @@ handler=TimedRotatingFileHandler("/var/l
 handler.setFormatter(formatter)
 logger.addHandler(handler)
 
-
-version=0
-
-hosts=["127.0.0.1"]
-port=9901
-
 directory=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),"..")
 certfile=os.path.join(directory,"certs/cert.pem")
 keyfile=os.path.join(directory,"certs/key.pem")
 peers=os.path.join(directory,"certs/peers.pem")
 
-batchSize=256
+configFile=os.path.join(directory,"config.json")
+conf=dict()
+if os.path.isfile(configFile):
+	with open(configFile) as f: conf=json.load(f)
+
+version=0
+
+hosts=conf.get("hosts",["127.0.0.1"])
+port=conf.get("port",9901)
+
+batchSize=conf.get("batchSize",256)