diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0224de64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost/fosscord
+PORT=3002
+PRODUCTION=TRUE
+THREADS=# automatically use all available cores, only available if production = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6608281de..32c7f62c2 100644
Binary files a/package-lock.json and b/package-lock.json differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 977927827..2d061bad1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	"author": "Fosscord",
 	"license": "ISC",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@fosscord/server-util": "^1.3.2",
+		"@fosscord/server-util": "^1.3.3",
 		"ajv": "^8.5.0",
 		"dotenv": "^8.2.0",
 		"jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
diff --git a/src/Server.ts b/src/Server.ts
index 46130b29a..2f72cc003 100644
--- a/src/Server.ts
+++ b/src/Server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import "missing-native-js-functions";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 dotenv.config();
-import { db } from "@fosscord/server-util";
+import { Config, db } from "@fosscord/server-util";
 import { Server as WebSocketServer } from "ws";
 import { Connection } from "./events/Connection";
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export class Server {
 		// @ts-ignore
 		await (db as Promise<Connection>);
 		await this.setupSchema();
+		await Config.init();
 		console.log("[DB] connected");
 		console.log(`[Gateway] online on 0.0.0.0:${port}`);
 	}