diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/config-management.md b/changelog/unreleased/config-management.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff7f35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/config-management.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Enhancement: Configuration
+
+Extensions should be responsible of configuring themselves. We use Viper for config loading from default paths. Environment variables **WILL** take precedence over config files.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis-webdav/pull/14
diff --git a/pkg/command/root.go b/pkg/command/root.go
index 585add3..128e05d 100644
--- a/pkg/command/root.go
+++ b/pkg/command/root.go
@@ -32,45 +32,7 @@ func Execute() error {
 		Flags: flagset.RootWithConfig(cfg),
 
 		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-			logger := NewLogger(cfg)
-
-			viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer(".", "_"))
-			viper.SetEnvPrefix("WEBDAV")
-			viper.AutomaticEnv()
-
-			if c.IsSet("config-file") {
-				viper.SetConfigFile(c.String("config-file"))
-			} else {
-				viper.SetConfigName("webdav")
-
-				viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/ocis")
-				viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.ocis")
-				viper.AddConfigPath("./config")
-			}
-
-			if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
-				switch err.(type) {
-				case viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError:
-					logger.Info().
-						Msg("Continue without config")
-				case viper.UnsupportedConfigError:
-					logger.Fatal().
-						Err(err).
-						Msg("Unsupported config type")
-				default:
-					logger.Fatal().
-						Err(err).
-						Msg("Failed to read config")
-				}
-			}
-
-			if err := viper.Unmarshal(&cfg); err != nil {
-				logger.Fatal().
-					Err(err).
-					Msg("Failed to parse config")
-			}
-
-			return nil
+			return ParseConfig(c, cfg)
 		},
 
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
@@ -101,3 +63,46 @@ func NewLogger(cfg *config.Config) log.Logger {
 		log.Color(cfg.Log.Color),
 	)
 }
+
+// ParseConfig loads webdav configuration from Viper known paths.
+func ParseConfig(c *cli.Context, cfg *config.Config) error {
+	logger := NewLogger(cfg)
+
+	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer(".", "_"))
+	viper.SetEnvPrefix("WEBDAV")
+	viper.AutomaticEnv()
+
+	if c.IsSet("config-file") {
+		viper.SetConfigFile(c.String("config-file"))
+	} else {
+		viper.SetConfigName("webdav")
+
+		viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/ocis")
+		viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.ocis")
+		viper.AddConfigPath("./config")
+	}
+
+	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
+		switch err.(type) {
+		case viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError:
+			logger.Info().
+				Msg("Continue without config")
+		case viper.UnsupportedConfigError:
+			logger.Fatal().
+				Err(err).
+				Msg("Unsupported config type")
+		default:
+			logger.Fatal().
+				Err(err).
+				Msg("Failed to read config")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := viper.Unmarshal(&cfg); err != nil {
+		logger.Fatal().
+			Err(err).
+			Msg("Failed to parse config")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/command/server.go b/pkg/command/server.go
index 8a57fab..a898275 100644
--- a/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 				cfg.HTTP.Root = strings.TrimSuffix(cfg.HTTP.Root, "/")
 			}
 
-			return nil
+			return ParseConfig(c, cfg)
 		},
 		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 			logger := NewLogger(cfg)