diff --git a/ennstatus/__init__.py b/ennstatus/__init__.py
--- a/ennstatus/__init__.py
+++ b/ennstatus/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import os.path
+import json
+
 
 from flask import Flask, render_template
 from flask.ext.bootstrap import Bootstrap
@@ -11,13 +13,32 @@ import gnupg
 bootstrap = Bootstrap()
 compress = Compress()
 
+config_file = os.path.abspath('config.json')
+
 
 def create_app():
 
     app = Flask(__name__)
 
-    config_file = os.path.abspath('config.py')
-    app.config.from_pyfile(config_file)
+    if not hasattr(app.config, 'from_json'):
+        def from_json(file, silent=True):
+            try:
+                with open(file, encoding='utf-8') as json_file:
+                    obj = json.load(json_file)
+            except IOError:
+                if silent:
+                    return False
+                raise
+
+            for key in obj:
+                if key.isupper():
+                    app.config[key] = obj[key]
+
+            return True
+
+        app.config.from_json = from_json
+
+    app.config.from_json(config_file)
 
     app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app)