diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2782cb0..ecc1acd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,13 +12,18 @@ Streaming is supported with a local rtmp instance on nginx, producing HLS, which
 
 # Configuration overview
 
-## controller.py
-- Change the password in the psql connect string
-- `BBB_URL` = Your BBB server or loadbalancer endpoint
-- `BBB_SECRET` = Your BBB secret
-- `BBB_RTMP_PATH` = `'rtmp://192.168.178.23:1935/live/'`; The IP and port on which nginx listens for rtmp connections; Firewall from the internet
-- `BBB_WEB_STREAM` = `'https://bbb.example.com/streams/'`; The base-URL of your streams. Individual streams will look like `https://bbb.example.com/streams/xyz-123-zyx-412/`, depending on the room's path.
-- `BBB_RES` = Resolution for the stream, e.g., `'1920x1080'`; The higher the resolution, the higher the load on the machine.
+## config.json
+- `daemon` = True/False -  If using crontab model of execution or systemd
+- `bbb_url` = Your BBB server or loadbalancer endpoint
+- `bbb_secret` = Your BBB secret
+- `rtmp_path` = `'rtmp://192.168.178.23:1935/live/'`; The IP and port on which nginx listens for rtmp connections; Firewall from the internet
+- `web_stream` = `'https://bbb.example.com/streams/'`; The base-URL of your streams. Individual streams will look like `https://bbb.example.com/streams/xyz-123-zyx-412/`, depending on the room's path.
+- `bbb_res` = Resolution for the stream, e.g., `'1920x1080'`; The higher the resolution, the higher the load on the machine.
+- `postgresql` = configure postgresql
+     - `user` = postgresql username
+     - `password` =  postgresql password
+     - `host` = postgresql host (defaults to password)
+     - `port` = postgresql port (defaults to 5433)
 
 ## index.html
 - Set URL in `src` variable according to your infrastructure (could be done better, i know)
diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dfd966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "daemon": true,
+  "postgresql": {
+    "db": "greenlight_production",
+     "user": "postgres",
+     "password": "PASSWORD",
+     "host": "localhost",
+     "port": "5433"
+  },
+  "bbb_url": "https://bbb.example.com/bigbluebutton/",
+  "bbb_secret": "BBB_SECRET",
+  "rtmp_path": "rtmp://192.168.178.23:1935/live/",
+  "web_stream": "https://bbb.example.com/streams/",
+  "bbb_res": "1920x1080"
+}
diff --git a/controller.py b/controller.py
index 0711a1e..1e44548 100755
--- a/controller.py
+++ b/controller.py
@@ -131,14 +131,46 @@
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 
 import psycopg2
-conn_auth = psycopg2.connect("dbname=greenlight_production user=postgres password=PASSWORD host=localhost")
 
-DAEMON=False
-BBB_URL = "https://bbb.example.com/bigbluebutton/"
-BBB_SECRET = "BBB_SECRET"
-BBB_RTMP_PATH = 'rtmp://192.168.178.23:1935/live/'
-BBB_WEB_STREAM = 'https://bbb.example.com/streams/'
-BBB_RES = '1920x1080'
+with open("config.json") as json_config_file:
+	config = json.load(json_config_file)
+
+POSTGRESHOST = "localhost"
+POSTGRESPORT = 5433
+if "postgresql" in config:
+	if "db" in config["postgresql"] and "user" in config["postgresql"] and "password" in config["postgresql"]:
+		POSTGRESDB = config["postgresql"]["db"]
+		POSTGRESUSER = config["postgresql"]["user"]
+		POSTGRESPASS = config["postgresql"]["password"]
+	else:
+		print('Missing postgresql config')
+		sys.exit(1)
+	if "port" in config["postgresql"]:
+		POSTGRESPORT = config["postgresql"]["port"]
+	if "host" in config["postgresql"]:
+		POSTGRESHOST = config["postgresql"]["host"]
+
+conn_auth = psycopg2.connect("dbname=" + POSTGRESDB + " user=" + POSTGRESUSER + " password=" + POSTGRESPASS + " host=" + POSTGRESHOST + " port=" + POSTGRESPORT)
+
+DAEMON = False
+BBB_URL = ""
+BBB_SECRET = ""
+BBB_RTMP_PATH = ""
+BBB_WEB_STREAM = ""
+BBB_RES = "1920x1080"
+
+if "daemon" in config:
+	DAEMON = config["daemon"]
+if "bbb_url" in config:
+	BBB_URL = config["bbb_url"]
+if "bbb_secret" in config:
+	BBB_SECRET = config["bbb_secret"]
+if "rtmp_path" in config:
+	BBB_RTMP_PATH = config["rtmp_path"]
+if "web_stream" in config:
+	BBB_WEB_STREAM = config["web_stream"]
+if "bbb_res" in config:
+	BBB_RES = config['bbb_res']
 
 client = docker.from_env()