diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1586e95..6745e38 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 tmp
-
+config.php
diff --git a/config.example.php b/config.example.php
index 99b9340..347a8b2 100644
--- a/config.example.php
+++ b/config.example.php
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ return [
     'quickupload' => [
       'auth' => true
     ],
-    'logator' => []
+    'logator' => [
+      'alias' => ['logme']
+    ]
   ],
   'auth' => [
     'root' => 'password'
diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 347a8b2..0000000
--- a/config.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-return [
-  'domain' => 'lefuturiste.fr',
-  'modules' => [
-    'random' => [],
-    'date' => [
-      'alias' => ['printdate']
-    ],
-    'httpbin' => [],
-    'printip' => [
-      'alias' => ['ip', 'getip']
-    ],
-    'quicknote' => [
-      'auth' => true
-    ],
-    'quickupload' => [
-      'auth' => true
-    ],
-    'logator' => [
-      'alias' => ['logme']
-    ]
-  ],
-  'auth' => [
-    'root' => 'password'
-  ]
-];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/load_config.php b/load_config.php
index 1d886bb..f122e06 100644
--- a/load_config.php
+++ b/load_config.php
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 
+if (!file_exists('./config.php')) {
+  die('Config file not present');
+}
+
 $config = require('./config.php');
 
+if (!is_array($config)) {
+  die('Config must be an array');
+}
+
 // a basic validation of config keys
 if (!(isset($config['domain']) && strlen($config['domain']) > 0)) {
   die('Domain key not present in config');