diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8248183..1238215 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .vscode
 
 # data
-instance/partitioncloud.sqlite
+instance
 partitioncloud/partitions
 partitioncloud/search-partitions
 partitioncloud/static/thumbnails
diff --git a/default_config.py b/default_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5aa4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Should be copied to ../instance folder to override some values
+# WARNING: Be sure not to leave spaces around `=` because this
+# Config file will be used both by Python and Bash
+
+# Generate with `python -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex())'`
+SECRET_KEY="dev"
+
+# Port to run on
+PORT="5000"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index b1a011f..2205c23 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ init () {
 }
 
 start () {
-    flask run
+    flask run --port=$PORT
+}
+
+production () {
+    FLASK_APP=partitioncloud /usr/bin/gunicorn \
+    wsgi:app \
+    --bind 0.0.0.0:$PORT
 }
 
 
@@ -27,7 +33,10 @@ usage () {
 }
 
 if [[ $1 && $(type "$1") = *"is a"*"function"* || $(type "$1") == *"est une fonction"* ]]; then
-	$1 ${*:2} # Call the function
+	# Import config
+    source "default_config.py"
+    [[ ! -x instance/config.py ]] && source "instance/config.py"
+    $1 ${*:2} # Call the function
 else
 	usage
 	echo $(type "$1")
diff --git a/partitioncloud/__init__.py b/partitioncloud/__init__.py
index 5cdf7ff..6a756dd 100644
--- a/partitioncloud/__init__.py
+++ b/partitioncloud/__init__.py
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ from .db import get_db
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 app.config.from_mapping(
-    # a default secret that should be overridden by instance config
-    SECRET_KEY="dev",
-    # store the database in the instance folder
     DATABASE=os.path.join(app.instance_path, f"{__name__}.sqlite"),
 )
+app.config.from_object('default_config')
+if os.path.exists("instance/config.py"):
+    app.config.from_object('instance.config')
+else:
+    print("[WARNING] Using default config")
 
 app.register_blueprint(auth.bp)
 app.register_blueprint(albums.bp)