diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c3f3899..dc08dc4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
   pkg-config \
   python \
   supervisor \
-  
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 
@@ -30,9 +29,13 @@ RUN cd /opt && git clone https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git etherpad
 # Install node dependencies
 RUN /opt/etherpad/bin/installDeps.sh
 
+#mk dir for settins
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/vol/
+
 # Add conf files
 ADD settings.json /opt/etherpad/settings.json
 ADD supervisor.conf /etc/supervisor/supervisor.conf
+ADD start.sh /usr/bin/start.sh
 
 EXPOSE 9001
-CMD ["supervisord", "-c", "/etc/supervisor/supervisor.conf", "-n"]
+CMD ["start.sh"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f858c46..de954e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@ To run Etherpad on port 80, run:
 
 `docker run -d -p 80:9001 leibnitius/etherpad-docker`
 
-To edit the Etherpad settings.json, it is necessary to clone the Git repository:
+To use your custom Etherpad settings.json, the file has to be located at `/var/config/settings.json`.
+Then  run:
 
-`git clone git://github.com/ether/etherpad-docker.git && cd etherpad-docker`
-
-Then edit the settings.json to your liking and run:
-
-`docker build -t <YOUR_USERNAME>/etherpad-docker .`
+`docker run -d -v /var/config:/opt/vol -p 9001:9001 leibnitius/etherpad-docker`
 
 This image could also be used as a base for Docker Etherpad images integrated with MySQL, etc.
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8f9b588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -f /opt/vol/settings.json ]; then 
+	echo "Volume with config was loaded"
+	echo "Using injected config…"
+	cp /opt/vol/settings.json /opt/etherpad/settings.json
+else 
+	echo "Using default config"
+fi
+
+if [ -f /opt/vol/APIKEY.txt ]; then 
+	echo "Using custom apikey"
+	cp /opt/vol/APIKEY.txt /opt/etherpad/APIKEY.txt
+else 
+	echo "using generated api key"
+	cat /opt/etherpad/APIKEY.txt
+fi
+
+supervisord -c /etc/supervisor/supervisor.conf -n