diff --git a/soft-serve.config.json b/soft-serve.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba5ad3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soft-serve.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "paths": {
+    "src": "./gitea/git/repositories/daylin",
+    "dest": "./soft/repos"
+  },
+  "repos": {
+    "src": ["dotfiles", "git-server"],
+    "dest": ["config"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/update-soft-serve-repos.py b/update-soft-serve-repos.py
index 8dc1f4b..63a4ca1 100755
--- a/update-soft-serve-repos.py
+++ b/update-soft-serve-repos.py
@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+import json
 from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
 
-GITEA_REPOS = Path(__file__).parent / "gitea/git/repositories/daylin"
-SOFT_REPOS = Path(__file__).parent / "soft/repos"
 
-allowed = ["dotfiles", "git-server"]
-soft_serve_only = ["config"]
+def get_config():
+    with (Path(__file__).parent / "soft-serve.config.json").open("r") as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+
+def get_name(config, repo):
+    name = repo.name.replace(".git", "")
+    dest = Path(config["paths"]["dest"]) / name
+    return name, dest
 
 
 def main():
 
-    for repo in GITEA_REPOS.iterdir():
-        name = repo.name.replace(".git", "")
-        dest = SOFT_REPOS / name
-        if name not in [*allowed, *soft_serve_only]:
+    config = get_config()
+
+    for repo in Path(config["paths"]["src"]).iterdir():
+        name, dest = get_name(config, repo)
+
+        if name not in config["repos"]["src"]:
             continue
 
         print(f"{repo} >> {dest}")
@@ -24,10 +32,10 @@ def main():
             shutil.rmtree(dest)
         shutil.copytree(repo, dest)
 
-    for repo in SOFT_REPOS.iterdir():
-        name = repo.name.replace(".git", "")
-        dest = SOFT_REPOS / name
-        if name not in [*allowed, *soft_serve_only]:
+    for repo in Path(config["paths"]["dest"]).iterdir():
+        name, dest = get_name(config, repo)
+
+        if name not in [*config["repos"]["src"], *config["repos"]["dest"]]:
             print(f"pruning {name}")
             shutil.rmtree(repo)