diff --git a/ennstatus/__init__.py b/ennstatus/__init__.py
--- a/ennstatus/__init__.py
+++ b/ennstatus/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os.path
+
 from flask import Flask, render_template
 from flask.ext.bootstrap import Bootstrap
 from flask.ext.compress import Compress
@@ -11,7 +13,9 @@ compress = Compress()
 def create_app():
 
     app = Flask(__name__)
-    app.config.from_envvar('ENNSTATUS_SETTINGS')
+
+    config_file = os.path.abspath('config.py')
+    app.config.from_pyfile(config_file)
 
     app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app)