diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88ad209..4fc2730 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Installs [Prosody](http://prosody.im/) (XMPP/Jabber server written in Lua) via p
 
 Include `recipe[prosody::default]` in your `run_list` and do further configuration via node attributes. 
 
-If you want a more recent version of Prosody (Debian Squeeze has 0.7.0 and Wheezy has 0.8.2 but 0.9.0 is available from [here](http://prosody.im/download/package_repository) for both) you might use `recipe[prosody::use_community_repos]` to enable APT repositories maintained by the Prosody community (needs the apt cookbook).
+If you want a more recent version of Prosody (Debian Squeeze has 0.7.0 and Wheezy has 0.8.2 but 0.9.2 is available from [here](http://prosody.im/download/package_repository) for both) you might use `recipe[prosody::use_community_repos]` to enable APT repositories maintained by the Prosody community (needs the apt cookbook).
 
 ## Limitations
 
@@ -27,11 +27,51 @@ It should work on all OSes that provide a (recent, versions around 0.7.0 or bett
 
 ### default
 
-Installs Prosody package, downloads specified additional modules and auxillary files by URL (`node["prosody"]["plugins"]`), creates all necessary VirtualHost definitions in `/etc/prosody/conf.avail`, links the enabled ones into `/etc/prosody/conf.d` (directory automatically included in core config) and generates the core configuration. Finally restarts the service.
+Installs Prosody package, downloads specified additional modules and auxillary files by URL (`node["prosody"]["plugins"]`), creates all necessary VirtualHost definitions in `/etc/prosody/conf.avail`, links the enabled ones into `/etc/prosody/conf.d` (directory automatically included in main config) and generates the main configuration dynamically from `node["prosody"]["main"]`. Finally restarts the service.
 
 A working Prosody (with one VirtualHost for localhost) is configured by the default attributes.
 
-Your minimal modifications to customize your Prosody should include specifying an admin account JID (`node["prosody"]["admins"]`, it's a list), a VirtualHost for your domain (in `node["prosody"]["hosts"]`) and to enable this VirtualHost (via `node["prosody"]["conf_enabled"]`).
+Your minimal modifications to customize your Prosody should include specifying an admin account JID (`node["prosody"]["main"]["admins"]`, it's a list), a VirtualHost for your domain (in `node["prosody"]["hosts"]`) and to enable this VirtualHost (via `node["prosody"]["conf_enabled"]`) like so:
+
+```json
+"prosody": {
+	"main": {
+		"admins": ["admin@example.org"]
+	},
+	"conf_enabled": ["example.org"],
+	"hosts": {
+		"example.org": {}
+	}
+}
+```
+
+A more elaborated one would be:
+
+```json
+"prosody": {
+	"main": {
+		"admins": ["admin@example.org"],
+		"use_ipv6": true,
+		"c2s_require_encryption": true
+	},
+	"conf_enabled": ["example.org"],
+	"hosts": {
+		"example.org": {
+			"proxy65": {
+				"hostname": "proxy.example.org",
+				"acl": ["example.org"]
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	"plugins": {
+		"s2s_auth_fingerprint": {
+			"modules/mod_s2s_auth_fingerprint.lua": "https://prosody-modules.googlecode.com/hg/mod_s2s_auth_fingerprint/mod_s2s_auth_fingerprint.lua"
+		}
+	}
+}
+```
+
+In general all Prosody options and all options supported and used by any plugin are possible.
 
 ### use_community_repos
 
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index d7aefff..269f646 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-default['prosody']['admins'] = ["admin@localhost"]
-default['prosody']['use_libevent'] = false
-default['prosody']['use_ipv6'] = false
-default['prosody']['modules_enabled'] = [
+default['prosody']['main']['admins'] = ["admin@localhost"]
+default['prosody']['main']['use_libevent'] = false
+default['prosody']['main']['use_ipv6'] = false
+default['prosody']['main']['modules_enabled'] = [
   # -- Generally required --
   "roster", # Allow users to have a roster. Recommended ;)
   "saslauth", # Authentication for clients and servers. Recommended if you want to log in.
@@ -42,23 +42,23 @@
   # Debian: do not remove this module, or you lose syslog support
   "posix"
 ]
-default['prosody']['modules_disabled'] = [
+default['prosody']['main']['modules_disabled'] = [
   #"presence",
   #"message",
   #"iq"
 ]
-default['prosody']['allow_registration'] = false
-default['prosody']['daemonize'] = true
-default['prosody']['pidfile'] = "/var/run/prosody/prosody.pid"
-default['prosody']['ssl']['key'] = "/etc/prosody/certs/localhost.key"
-default['prosody']['ssl']['certificate'] = "/etc/prosody/certs/localhost.crt"
-default['prosody']['c2s_require_encryption'] = false
-default['prosody']['s2s_require_encryption'] = false
-default['prosody']['allow_anonymous_s2s'] = false
-default['prosody']['s2s_secure_auth'] = false
-default['prosody']['s2s_insecure_domains'] = []
-default['prosody']['s2s_secure_domains'] = []
-default['prosody']['log'] = [
+default['prosody']['main']['allow_registration'] = false
+default['prosody']['main']['daemonize'] = true
+default['prosody']['main']['pidfile'] = "/var/run/prosody/prosody.pid"
+default['prosody']['main']['ssl']['key'] = "/etc/prosody/certs/localhost.key"
+default['prosody']['main']['ssl']['certificate'] = "/etc/prosody/certs/localhost.crt"
+default['prosody']['main']['c2s_require_encryption'] = false
+default['prosody']['main']['s2s_require_encryption'] = false
+#default['prosody']['main']['allow_anonymous_s2s'] = false
+#default['prosody']['main']['s2s_secure_auth'] = false
+#default['prosody']['main']['s2s_insecure_domains'] = []
+#default['prosody']['main']['s2s_secure_domains'] = []
+default['prosody']['main']['log'] = [
   { 'levels' => ["error"], 'to' => "syslog" },
   { 'levels' => ["error"], 'to' => "file", 'filename' => "/var/log/prosody/prosody.err" },
   { 'levels' => { 'min' => "info" }, 'to' => "file", 'filename' => "/var/log/prosody/prosody.log" }
diff --git a/libraries/prosody.rb b/libraries/prosody.rb
index 0c4d187..0772c66 100644
--- a/libraries/prosody.rb
+++ b/libraries/prosody.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,58 @@
 class Chef::Node
+  def generate_prosody_cfg
+    return nil if self['prosody']['main'].nil?
+    lines = []
+
+    lines << %Q{-- Prosody Configuration File generated by Chef
+--
+-- Information on configuring Prosody can be found on our
+-- website at http://prosody.im/doc/configure
+--
+-- Tip: You can check that the syntax of this file is correct
+-- when you have finished by running: luac -p prosody.cfg.lua
+-- If there are any errors, it will let you know what and where
+-- they are, otherwise it will keep quiet.
+--
+-- The only thing left to do is rename this file to remove the .dist ending, and fill in the
+-- blanks. Good luck, and happy Jabbering!
+
+---------- Server-wide settings ----------
+-- Settings in this section apply to the whole server and are the default settings
+-- for any virtual hosts
+}
+
+    self['prosody']['main'].each do |key,value|
+      next if value.nil? # skip nil values -> support deleting a presetted value
+      lines << "#{key} = #{lua_type(value)};"
+    end
+
+    lines << %Q{
+-- Loads all configuration files in /etc/prosody/conf.d/ --
+Include "conf.d/*.cfg.lua"
+}
+
+    lines << ''
+    lines.join "\n"
+  end
+
+  def generate_virtualhost_cfg(host)
+    return nil if self['prosody']['hosts'][host].nil?
+    lines = []
+    lines << ''
+    lines << "VirtualHost \"#{host}\""
+
+    self['prosody']['hosts'][host].each do |component_type,component|
+      lines << ''
+      lines << "Component \"#{component['hostname']}\" \"#{component_type}\""
+      component.each do |key,value|
+        next if key == "hostname"
+        lines << "\t#{key} = #{lua_type(value)};"
+      end
+    end
+
+    lines << ''
+    lines.join "\n"
+  end
   
   def lua_type(v)
     return lua_string(v) if v.kind_of?(String)
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 513a380..2e2df48 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@
 
 # place conf for every VirtualHost in conf.avail
 node['prosody']['hosts'].each do |host_name,host|
-  template "/etc/prosody/conf.avail/#{host_name}.cfg.lua" do
-    source "virtualhost.cfg.lua.erb"
-    variables :node => node, :host_name => host_name, :host => host
+  file "/etc/prosody/conf.avail/#{host_name}.cfg.lua" do
+    content node.generate_virtualhost_cfg(host_name)
     owner "root"
     group "prosody"
     mode 00640
@@ -51,9 +50,8 @@
   end
 end
 
-template "/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua" do
-  source "prosody.cfg.lua.erb"
-  variables :node => node, :config => node['prosody']
+file "/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua" do
+  content node.generate_prosody_cfg
   owner "root"
   group "prosody"
   mode 00640
diff --git a/spec/default_spec.rb b/spec/default_spec.rb
index e4c076d..d73b80d 100644
--- a/spec/default_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/default_spec.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,19 @@
   end
   
   it 'configures prosody' do
-    expect(chef_run).to create_file "/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua"
+    expect(chef_run).to create_file_with_content "/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua", "-- Prosody Configuration File generated by Chef"
+  end
+  
+  it 'configures VirtualHosts' do
+    chef_runner.node.set['prosody']['hosts'] = {
+      "example.org" => {
+        "proxy65" => {
+          "hostname" => "proxy.example.org"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    chef_run = chef_runner.converge 'prosody::default'
+    expect(chef_run).to create_file_with_content "/etc/prosody/conf.avail/example.org.cfg.lua", "Component \"proxy.example.org\" \"proxy65\""
   end
   
   it 'enables and starts prosody' do
diff --git a/templates/default/prosody.cfg.lua.erb b/templates/default/prosody.cfg.lua.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index b8e832e..0000000
--- a/templates/default/prosody.cfg.lua.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
--- Prosody Configuration File generated by Chef
---
--- Information on configuring Prosody can be found on our
--- website at http://prosody.im/doc/configure
---
--- Tip: You can check that the syntax of this file is correct
--- when you have finished by running: luac -p prosody.cfg.lua
--- If there are any errors, it will let you know what and where
--- they are, otherwise it will keep quiet.
---
--- The only thing left to do is rename this file to remove the .dist ending, and fill in the
--- blanks. Good luck, and happy Jabbering!
-
----------- Server-wide settings ----------
--- Settings in this section apply to the whole server and are the default settings
--- for any virtual hosts
-
--- This is a (by default, empty) list of accounts that are admins
--- for the server. Note that you must create the accounts separately
--- (see http://prosody.im/doc/creating_accounts for info)
--- Example: admins = { "user1@example.com", "user2@example.net" }
-admins = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:admins]) %>;
-
--- Enable use of libevent for better performance under high load
--- For more information see: http://prosody.im/doc/libevent
-use_libevent = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:use_libevent]) %>;
-
-use_ipv6 = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:use_ipv6]) %>;
-
--- This is the list of modules Prosody will load on startup.
--- It looks for mod_modulename.lua in the plugins folder, so make sure that exists too.
--- Documentation on modules can be found at: http://prosody.im/doc/modules
-modules_enabled = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:modules_enabled]) %>;
-
--- These modules are auto-loaded, should you
--- for (for some mad reason) want to disable
--- them then uncomment them below
-modules_disabled = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:modules_disabled]) %>;
-
--- Disable account creation by default, for security
--- For more information see http://prosody.im/doc/creating_accounts
-allow_registration = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:allow_registration]) %>;
-
--- Debian:
---   send the server to background.
---
-daemonize = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:daemonize]) %>;
-
--- Debian:
---   Please, don't change this option since /var/run/prosody/
---   is one of the few directories Prosody is allowed to write to
---
-pidfile = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:pidfile]) %>;
-
--- These are the SSL/TLS-related settings. If you don't want
--- to use SSL/TLS, you may comment or remove this
-ssl = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:ssl]) %>;
-
--- Require encryption on client/server connections?
-c2s_require_encryption = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:c2s_require_encryption]) %>;
-s2s_require_encryption = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:s2s_require_encryption]) %>;
-
-allow_anonymous_s2s = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:allow_anonymous_s2s]) %>;
-
--- Set the default security policy for s2s connections:
-s2s_secure_auth = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:s2s_secure_auth]) %>;
-
--- These hosts are allowed to authenticate via weaker mechanisms, such as dialback:
-s2s_insecure_domains = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:s2s_insecure_domains]) %>;
-
--- Whatever the value of s2s_secure_auth, these domains must always present valid certificates:
-s2s_secure_domains = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:s2s_secure_domains]) %>;
-
--- Debian:
---  all to var/log
---  errors to syslog also
---
-log = <%= @node.lua_type(@config[:log]) %>;
-
--- Loads all configuration files in /etc/prosody/conf.d/ --
-Include "conf.d/*.cfg.lua"
diff --git a/templates/default/virtualhost.cfg.lua.erb b/templates/default/virtualhost.cfg.lua.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f9ec50..0000000
--- a/templates/default/virtualhost.cfg.lua.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-
-VirtualHost "<%= @host_name %>"
-
-<% if @host[:muc] %>
-Component "<%= @host[:muc][:hostname] %>" "muc"
-	<%= "name = #{@node.lua_type(@host[:muc][:name])};" if @host[:muc][:name] %>
-	<%= "restrict_room_creation = #{@node.lua_type(@host[:muc][:restrict_room_creation])};" if @host[:muc][:restrict_room_creation] %>
-	<%= "max_history_messages = #{@node.lua_type(@host[:muc][:max_history_messages])};" if @host[:muc][:max_history_messages] %>
-<% end %>
-
-<% if @host[:proxy65] %>
-Component "<%= @host[:proxy65][:hostname] %>" "proxy65"
-	<%= "proxy65_interface = #{@node.lua_type(@host[:proxy65][:interface])};" if @host[:proxy65][:interface] %>
-	<%= "proxy65_address = #{@node.lua_type(@host[:proxy65][:address])};" if @host[:proxy65][:address] %>
-	<%= "proxy65_port = #{@node.lua_type(@host[:proxy65][:port])};" if @host[:proxy65][:port] %>
-	<%= "proxy65_acl = #{@node.lua_type(@host[:proxy65][:acl])};" if @host[:proxy65][:acl] %>
-<% end %>
-
-<% if @host[:pubsub] %>
-Component "<%= @host[:pubsub][:hostname] %>" "pubsub"
-<% end %>