diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
index 2332b0fa..13427b87 100644
--- a/client.js
+++ b/client.js
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
-var needle = require("needle")
-
+var needle = require("needle");
+// require config.json
+var config = require('./config');
 // connect us to the server with rcon
 // IP, port, password
 var Rcon = require('simple-rcon');
 var client = new Rcon({
-  host: '81.167.2.56',
-  port: '12345',
-  password: '123',
-  timeout: 0
+	host: config.clientIP,
+	port: config.clientPort,
+	password: config.clientPassword,
+	timeout: 0
 }).connect();
 
 client.on('authenticated', function() {
-  console.log('Authenticated!');
+	console.log('Authenticated!');
 }).on('connected', function() {
-  console.log('Connected!');
+	console.log('Connected!');
 }).on('disconnected', function() {
-  console.log('Disconnected!');
-  // now reconnect
-  client.connect();
+	console.log('Disconnected!');
+	// now reconnect
+	client.connect();
 });
 
 
 // trigger when something happens to output.txt
-fs.watch("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/output.txt", "utf8", function(eventType, filename) {
+fs.watch(config.factorioDirectory + "/script-output/output.txt", "utf8", function(eventType, filename) {
 	console.log('hit output')
 	// get array of lines in file
-	items = fs.readFileSync("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/output.txt", "utf8").split("\n");
+	items = fs.readFileSync(config.factorioDirectory + "/script-output/output.txt", "utf8").split("\n");
 	// if you found anything, reset the file
 	if(items[0]) {
-		fs.writeFileSync("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/output.txt", "")
+		fs.writeFileSync(config.factorioDirectory + "/script-output/output.txt", "")
 	}
 	for(i = 0;i < items.length; i++) {
 		if(items[i]) {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ fs.watch("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/output.txt", "utf8", function(eventType,
 			g[0] = g[0].replace("\u0000", "");
 			console.log(g);
 			// send our entity and count to the master for him to keep track of
-			needle.post('localhost:8080/place', {name:g[0], count:g[1]}, 
+			needle.post(config.masterIP + ":" + config.masterPort + '/place', {name:g[0], count:g[1]}, 
 			function(err, resp, body){
 				console.log(body);
 			});
@@ -45,12 +46,12 @@ fs.watch("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/output.txt", "utf8", function(eventType,
 	}
 })
 
-fs.watch("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/orders.txt", "utf8", function(eventType, filename) {
+fs.watch(config.factorioDirectory + "/script-output/orders.txt", "utf8", function(eventType, filename) {
 	// get array of lines in file
-	items = fs.readFileSync("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/orders.txt", "utf8").split("\n");
+	items = fs.readFileSync(config.factorioDirectory + "/script-output/orders.txt", "utf8").split("\n");
 	// if you found anything, reset the file
 	if(items[0]) {
-		fs.writeFileSync("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/orders.txt", "")
+		fs.writeFileSync(config.factorioDirectory + "/script-output/orders.txt", "")
 	}
 	for(i = 0;i < items.length; i++) {
 		if(items[i]) {
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ fs.watch("Factorio 0.13.9/script-output/orders.txt", "utf8", function(eventType,
 			g[0] = g[0].replace(",", "");
 			console.log(g);
 			// send our entity and count to the master for him to keep track of
-			needle.post('localhost:8080/remove', {name:g[0], count:g[1]}, function(err, resp, body){
+			needle.post(config.masterIP + ":" + config.masterPort + '/remove', {name:g[0], count:g[1]}, function(err, resp, body){
 				console.log(body);
 				if(body == "success"){
 					client.exec("/c remote.call('clusterio', 'import', '" + g[0] + "', " + g[1] + ")")
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5315ce2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+	"__comment": "",
+	"__comment": "IP and port and password the factorio server runs at for rcon connection",
+	"clientIP": "81.167.2.56",
+	"clientPort": "12345",
+	"clientPassword": "123",
+	"__comment": "Where factorio folder. Should be in the same folder as this config file.",
+	"factorioDirectory": "factorio 0.13.9",
+	"__comment": "IP the master web server runs at, can be ignored on the master system",
+	"masterIP": "localhost",
+	"masterPort": 8080
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/master.js b/master.js
index 2270429b..c9c34f53 100644
--- a/master.js
+++ b/master.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 var mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
 var nedb = require("nedb")
 var fs = require("fs");
+// require config.json
+var config = require('./config');
 
 var express = require("express");
 // Required for express post requests
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ db.items.removeitem = function(object, res) {
 			if (doc) {
 				// Update existing items if item name already exists
 				if(Number(doc.count) > Number(object.count)) {
+					console.log("removed: " + object.name + " " + object.count);
 					object.count = Number(doc.count) - Number(object.count);
 					db.items.update(doc, object, {multi:true}, function (err, numReplaced) {});
 					res.send("success");
@@ -73,11 +76,10 @@ app.post("/place", function(req, res) {
 app.post("/remove", function(req, res) {
 	res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
 	res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept");
-	console.log("removed: " + req.body.name + " " + req.body.count);
 	// save items we get
 	db.items.removeitem(req.body, res);
 });
 
-var server = app.listen(8080, function () {
+var server = app.listen(config.masterPort || 8080, function () {
 	console.log("Listening on port %s...", server.address().port);
 });