diff --git a/config.ts b/config.ts
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index 00000000..f6fc749d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import convict from "convict";
+
+convict.addFormat(require("convict-format-with-validator").ipaddress);
+
+// Define a schema
+const config = convict({
+  env: {
+    doc: "The application environment.",
+    format: ["production", "development", "test"],
+    default: "development",
+    env: "NODE_ENV",
+  },
+  ip: {
+    doc: "The IP address to bind.",
+    format: "ipaddress",
+    default: "127.0.0.1",
+    env: "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
+  },
+  awsSecretAccessKey: {
+    doc: "The port to bind.",
+    format: "port",
+    default: 8080,
+    env: "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+  },
+  s3Server: {
+    doc: "Hostname of the S3 server",
+    format: String,
+    default: "minio"
+  },
+  s3ServerPort: {
+    doc: "port on which the s3 server is listening",
+    format: "port",
+    default: 9000,
+    env: "S3_SERVER_PORT"
+  },
+  s3ServerProto: {
+    doc: "The http protocol for the S3 server",
+    format: String,
+    default: "http",
+    env: "S3_SERVER_PROTO"
+  },
+  s3Region: {
+    doc: "The AWS region in which the bucket is located",
+    format: String,
+    default: "us-east-1",
+    env: "S3_REGION"
+  }
+  db: {
+    host: {
+      doc: "Database host name/IP",
+      format: "*",
+      default: "server1.dev.test",
+    },
+    name: {
+      doc: "Database name",
+      format: String,
+      default: "users",
+    },
+  },
+  admins: {
+    doc: "Users with write access, or null to grant full access without login.",
+    format: Array,
+    nullable: true,
+    default: null,
+  },
+});
+
+
+S3_BUCKET_NAME: BUCKET_NAME,
+  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
+    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY",
+      S3_SERVER: "minio",
+        S3_SERVER_PORT: "9000",
+          S3_SERVER_PROTO: "http",
+            S3_REGION: "us-east-1",
+              DEBUG: "true",
+                S3_STYLE: "virtual",
+                  ALLOW_DIRECTORY_LIST: "false",
+                    PROVIDE_INDEX_PAGE: "",
+                      APPEND_SLASH_FOR_POSSIBLE_DIRECTORY: "",
+                        STRIP_LEADING_DIRECTORY_PATH: "",
+                          PREFIX_LEADING_DIRECTORY_PATH: "",
+                            AWS_SIGS_VERSION: "4",
+                              STATIC_SITE_HOSTING: "",
+                                PROXY_CACHE_MAX_SIZE: "10g",
+                                  PROXY_CACHE_INACTIVE: "60m",
+                                    PROXY_CACHE_VALID_OK: "1h",
+                                      PROXY_CACHE_VALID_NOTFOUND: "1m",
+                                        PROXY_CACHE_VALID_FORBIDDEN: "30s",
+
+// Load environment dependent configuration
+const env = config.get("env");
+config.loadFile("./config/" + env + ".json");
+
+// Perform validation
+config.validate({ allowed: "strict" });
+
+export default config;
diff --git a/config/test.json b/config/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cecc19e5..2dd2afde 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "name": "nginx-s3-gateway",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@jest/globals": "^29.7.0",
+        "@types/convict": "^6.1.6",
         "@types/supertest": "^6.0.2",
         "better-docs": "^2.7.2",
         "convict": "^6.2.4",
@@ -1379,6 +1379,15 @@
         "@types/babel-types": "*"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/convict": {
+      "version": "6.1.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/convict/-/convict-6.1.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1B6jqWHWQud+7yyWAqbxnPmzlHrrOtJzZr1DhhYJ/NbpS4irfZSnq+N5Fm76J9LNRlUZvCmYxTVhhohWRvtqHw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/node": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/cookiejar": {
       "version": "2.1.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/cookiejar/-/cookiejar-2.1.5.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 724b57cf..73c187db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "devDependencies": {
     "@jest/globals": "^29.7.0",
+    "@types/convict": "^6.1.6",
     "@types/supertest": "^6.0.2",
     "better-docs": "^2.7.2",
     "convict": "^6.2.4",