diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d771e6..186fcfd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+config/illyan.yml
 pkg
 rdoc
 *.kpf
diff --git a/config/initializers/illyan_conf.rb b/config/initializers/illyan_conf.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a424af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/illyan_conf.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config_file = File.expand_path("../../illyan.yml", __FILE__)
+
+if File.exist?(config_file)
+  options = YAML.load(File.open(config_file))
+  %w{site_title site_logo theme account_name}.each do |var|
+    Illyan::Application.send("#{var}=", options[var]) unless options[var].blank?
+  end
+end
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