diff --git a/bin/www b/bin/www
index 9618fff..9c4c5b6 100755
--- a/bin/www
+++ b/bin/www
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 var app = require('../app');
 var debug = require('debug')('uniScore:server');
 var http = require('http');
+var low = require('lowdb');
+var config = low('config.json');
+var portNumber = config.get('mainConfig').chain().find({ param: 'port' }).value()['value'];
 
 /**
  * Get port from environment and store in Express.
  */
 
-var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || '3000');
+var port = normalizePort( portNumber || process.env.PORT || '3000');
 app.set('port', port);
 
 /**
diff --git a/config.json.sample b/config.json.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c80bdb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "mainConfig": [
+    {
+      "param": "port",
+      "value": "3030"
+    },
+    {
+      "param": "byeLabel",
+      "value": "0000"
+    },
+    {
+      "param": "tbdLabel",
+      "value": "/dev/tty.usbmodemFD121"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d058f5e..a5e6de5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "express": "~4.13.1",
     "express-session": "^1.15.1",
     "hbs": "~3.1.0",
+    "lowdb": "^0.16.0",
     "morgan": "~1.6.1",
     "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0",
     "socketio": "^1.0.0"