diff --git a/config.py.example b/config.py.example
index 7c9da570301caae3dc5f6bd58a61ecd54ad27fc4..81862a504bab49b94015d0a03ca7d2a277aec8cc 100644
--- a/config.py.example
+++ b/config.py.example
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
-# Config for testing purposes only, don't run this in production!
+# Defaults for development ,do not use in production!
 DEBUG = True
+VIDEOPREFIX = 'https://videoag.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de'
+#SECRET_KEY = 'something random'
 
+DB_SCHEMA = 'db_schema.sql'
+DB_DATA = 'db_example.sql'
+
+#DB_ENGINE = 'mysql'
 #MYSQL_HOST = 'localhost'
 #MYSQL_USER = 'videoag'
 #MYSQL_PASSWD = 'somuchsecret'
 #MYSQL_DB = 'videos'
-#DB_ENGINE = 'mysql'
 
-SQLITE_DB = 'db.sqlite'
 DB_ENGINE = 'sqlite'
+SQLITE_DB = 'db.sqlite'
 SQLITE_INIT_SCHEMA = True
 SQLITE_INIT_DATA = True
+
+#LDAP_HOST = 'ldaps://rumo.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de'
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 5695d412d123192c78223a0200f6214845ee35ab..9a9a76ce216b2cc17941351e1f2a8467b24c4fe4 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 from datetime import date, timedelta, datetime, time, MINYEAR
 import threading
 import os
+import sys
 import hashlib
 import random
 
@@ -23,20 +24,15 @@ timer.daemon = True
 timer.start()
 
 config = app.config
-config['DB_SCHEMA'] = 'db_schema.sql'
-config['DB_DATA'] = 'db_example.sql'
-config['DB_ENGINE'] = 'sqlite'
-config['SQLITE_DB'] = 'db.sqlite'
-config['SQLITE_INIT_SCHEMA'] = True
-config['SQLITE_INIT_DATA'] = False
-config['DEBUG'] = False
-config['VIDEOPREFIX'] = 'https://videoag.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de'
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-	config['SQLITE_INIT_DATA'] = True
-	config['DEBUG'] = True
+config.from_pyfile('config.py.example', silent=True)
+if not sys.argv[0].endswith('run.py'): 
+	config['SQLITE_INIT_DATA'] = False
+	config['DEBUG'] = False
 config.from_pyfile('config.py', silent=True)
 if config['DEBUG']:
 	app.jinja_env.auto_reload = True
+if not config.get('SECRET_KEY', None):
+	config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.urandom(24)
 
 from db import query, searchquery, ldapauth, ldapget, convert_timestamp