diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8559581022f8ad7457c90a1ae1aefb80673755b1..a8f186bd76b129c3bdfd216cd5d76b6b11e73f8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Steps:
 1. clone the [repository](https://git.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de/protokollsystem/proto3)
 2. create a python virtualenv and install the packages from `requirements.txt` there
 3. create a database (tested with postgres and sqlite, but feel free to use whatever you like and [SQLAlchemy](http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/dialects/index.html) supports
-4. create `config.py` with `flask create_example_config config.py` and edit it
+4. create `config.py` with `python configproxy.py create --filename config.py` and edit it (make sure that python version >= 3.5)
   * **do** change everything that is not commented out
   * change commented out settings if they are wrong
   * **do** change the random keys `SECRET_KEY` and `SECURITY_KEY` to something random (although the generated config already uses random values generated with `os.urandom`)
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 660b78086237bb78a33eb79c6a8bfca431ea09f9..3d1dda7c4cf8debb36d675e992e2d07d1968e2cf 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -185,13 +185,6 @@ def check_config():
     return configproxy.check_config()
 
 
-@app.cli.command()
-@click.argument("filename")
-def create_example_config(filename):
-    import configproxy
-    return configproxy.write_example_config(filename=filename)
-
-
 def send_file(file_like, cache_timeout, as_attachment, attachment_filename):
     """
     Replaces flask.send_file since that uses an uwsgi function that is buggy.