diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98229e3..c6b0685 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.log
 blog.db
+config/app_config.rb
diff --git a/config/app_config.rb.default b/config/app_config.rb.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d95e8e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/app_config.rb.default
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+configure do
+  Sequel.connect(ENV['DATABASE_URL'] || 'sqlite://blog.db')
+  
+	require 'ostruct'
+	Blog = OpenStruct.new(
+          :title => 'a scanty blog',                                                                                                                  
+          :author => 'John Doe',                                                                                                                      
+          :url_base => 'http://localhost:4567/',                                                                                                      
+          :admin_password => 'changeme',                                                                                                              
+          :admin_cookie_key => 'scanty_admin',                                                                                                        
+          :admin_cookie_value => '51d6d976913ace58',                                                                                                  
+          :disqus_shortname => nil                                                                                                                    
+	)
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.rb b/main.rb
index d6bf13e..e6a26f4 100644
--- a/main.rb
+++ b/main.rb
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'sinatra'
-
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/vendor/sequel'
 require 'sequel'
+require 'config/app_config.rb'
 
-configure do
-	Sequel.connect(ENV['DATABASE_URL'] || 'sqlite://blog.db')
-
-	require 'ostruct'
-	Blog = OpenStruct.new(
-		:title => 'a scanty blog',
-		:author => 'John Doe',
-		:url_base => 'http://localhost:4567/',
-		:admin_password => 'changeme',
-		:admin_cookie_key => 'scanty_admin',
-		:admin_cookie_value => '51d6d976913ace58',
-		:disqus_shortname => nil
-	)
-end
 
 error do
 	e = request.env['sinatra.error']
@@ -89,7 +75,7 @@ def auth
 end
 
 post '/auth' do
-	set_cookie(Blog.admin_cookie_key, Blog.admin_cookie_value) if params[:password] == Blog.admin_password
+	response.set_cookie(Blog.admin_cookie_key, Blog.admin_cookie_value) if params[:password] == Blog.admin_password
 	redirect '/'
 end