diff --git a/doc/admin/config.rst b/doc/admin/config.rst
index 73b6ab054c0..6423ecd33d8 100644
--- a/doc/admin/config.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/config.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ Example::
     instance_name=pretix.de
     global_registration=off
     site_url=http://localhost
+    scriptname=/presale/
     currency=EUR
+    cookiedomain=.pretix.de
+    securecookie=on
 
 ``instance_name``
     The name of this installation. Default: ``pretix.de``
@@ -34,12 +37,22 @@ Example::
     Whether or not this installation supports global user accounts (in addition to
     event-bound accounts). Defaults to ``True``.
 
+``scriptname``
+    The path pretix runs at, if it does not run under its own subdomain.
+
 ``site_url``
     The installation's full URL, without a trailing slash.
 
 ``currency``
     The default currency as a three-letter code. Defaults to ``EUR``.
 
+``cookiedomain``
+    The domain to be used for session cookies, csrf protection cookies and locale cookies.
+    Empty by default.
+
+``securecookie``
+    Set the ``secure`` and ``httponly`` flags on session cookies. Off by default.
+
 Locale settings
 ---------------
 
@@ -102,11 +115,26 @@ Example::
 
     [mail]
     from=hello@localhost
+    host=127.0.0.71
+    user=pretix
+    password=foobar
+    port=1025
+    tls=on
+    ssl=off
+
+``host``, ``port``
+    The SMTP Host to connect to. Defaults to ``localhost`` and ``25``.
+
+``user``, ``password``
+    The SMTP user data to use for the connection. Empty by default.
 
 ``from``
     The email address to set as ``From`` header in outgoing emails by the system.
     Default: ``pretix@localhost``
 
+``tls``, ``ssl``
+    Use STARTTLS or SSL for the SMTP connection. Off by default.
+
 Django settings
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/local_settings.py b/src/pretix/local_settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bb21042958c..00000000000
--- a/src/pretix/local_settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-EMAIL_PORT = 1025
-EMAIL_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index 054265e888f..0c1d6850753 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
         with open(SECRET_FILE, 'w') as f:
             f.write(SECRET_KEY)
 
+# Adjustable settings
+
 DEBUG = TEMPLATE_DEBUG = config.getboolean('django', 'debug', fallback=False)
 
 DATABASES = {
@@ -43,8 +45,8 @@
 PRETIX_INSTANCE_NAME = config.get('pretix', 'instance_name', fallback='pretix.de')
 PRETIX_GLOBAL_REGISTRATION = config.getboolean('pretix', 'global_registration', fallback=True)
 
-MAIL_FROM = config.get('mail', 'from', fallback='pretix@localhost')
 SITE_URL = config.get('pretix', 'url', fallback='http://localhost')
+FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME = config.get('pretix', 'scriptname', fallback=None)
 
 DEFAULT_CURRENCY = config.get('pretix', 'currency', fallback='EUR')
 
@@ -53,7 +55,23 @@
 LANGUAGE_CODE = config.get('locale', 'default', fallback='en')
 TIME_ZONE = config.get('locale', 'timezone', fallback='UTC')
 
-# Application definition
+MAIL_FROM = SERVER_EMAIL = DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = config.get(
+    'mail', 'from', fallback='pretix@localhost')
+EMAIL_HOST = config.get('mail', 'host', fallback='localhost')
+EMAIL_PORT = config.getint('mail', 'port', fallback=25)
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = config.get('mail', 'user', fallback='')
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = config.get('mail', 'password', fallback='')
+
+SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = config.getboolean(
+    'pretix', 'securecookie', fallback=False)
+LANGUAGE_COOKIE_DOMAIN = SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN = CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN = config.get(
+    'pretix', 'cookiedomain', fallback=None)
+
+# Internal settings
+
+SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = 'pretix_session'
+LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME = 'pretix_language'
+CSRF_COOKIE_NAME = 'pretix_csrftoken'
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.admin',
@@ -91,24 +109,10 @@
     'pretix.base.middleware.LocaleMiddleware',
 )
 
-TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
-    "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
-    "django.core.context_processors.debug",
-    "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
-    "django.core.context_processors.media",
-    "django.core.context_processors.request",
-    "django.core.context_processors.static",
-    "django.core.context_processors.tz",
-    "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
-    'pretix.control.context.contextprocessor',
-    'pretix.presale.context.contextprocessor',
-)
-
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'pretix.urls'
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'pretix.wsgi.application'
 
-
 USE_I18N = True
 USE_L10N = True
 USE_TZ = True
@@ -123,16 +127,42 @@
     ('de', _('German')),
 )
 
-
-# Authentication
-
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'pretixbase.User'
 LOGIN_URL = '/login'
 LOGIN_URL_CONTROL = '/control/login'
 
-# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/
-
+template_loaders = (
+    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
+    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
+)
+if DEBUG:
+    template_loaders = (
+        ('django.template.loaders.cached.Loader', template_loaders),
+    )
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [
+            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')
+        ],
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
+                'django.template.context_processors.media',
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                'django.template.context_processors.static',
+                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+                'pretix.control.context.contextprocessor',
+                'pretix.presale.context.contextprocessor',
+            ],
+            'loaders': template_loaders
+        },
+    },
+]
 
 STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
     'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
@@ -157,9 +187,6 @@
     'JQUERY_URL': ''
 }
 
-
-# Pretix specific settings
-
 INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1', '::1')
 
 from django.contrib.messages import constants as messages  # NOQA
@@ -194,8 +221,3 @@
         },
     },
 }
-
-try:
-    from .local_settings import *  # NOQA
-except ImportError:
-    pass