diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0503d00..60a9da3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atomic",
  "pear",
  "serde",
- "toml",
+ "serde_json",
  "uncased",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -584,8 +584,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "figment",
  "redis",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
- "toml",
  "validators",
  "warp",
 ]
@@ -1296,15 +1296,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml"
-version = "0.5.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a31142970826733df8241ef35dc040ef98c679ab14d7c3e54d827099b3acecaa"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 81836d5..11bfdf0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 argh = "0.1.7"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
-figment = { version = "0.10.6", features = ["toml", "env"] }
+figment = { version = "0.10.6", features = ["json", "env"] }
 redis = { version = "~0.21.5", features = ["tokio-comp"] }
 serde = { version = "~1.0.136", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.79"
 tokio = { version = "~1.17.0", features = ["full"] }
-toml = "0.5.8"
 validators = { version = "~0.24.1", features = ["url-dep"] }
 warp = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/data/config.json b/data/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91acba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "db": {
+    "address": "redis://127.0.0.1"
+  },
+  "slug_rules": {
+    "length": 5,
+    "chars": "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_-"
+  },
+  "serve_rules": {
+    "Dir": "/etc/lonk/served"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a367687..f4142da 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
     build: .
     environment:
       - PROFILE: release
-      - LONK_CONFIG: /data/config.toml
+      - LONK_CONFIG: /data/config.json
     volumes:
       - ./data:/data
   redis:
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8c7c331..53ef568 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 use argh::FromArgs;
-use figment::{
-    providers::{Format, Toml},
-    Figment,
-};
+use figment::{providers::Format, Figment};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{collections::BTreeSet, path::PathBuf, str::FromStr, sync::Arc};
-use tokio::sync::mpsc::{self, UnboundedSender};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedSender;
 use validators::prelude::*;
 use warp::{filters::BoxedFilter, hyper::StatusCode, Filter};
 
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ macro_rules! unwrap_or_unwrap_err {
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Validator, Clone)]
-#[validator(domain(ipv4(Allow), local(NotAllow), at_least_two_labels(Allow), port(Allow)))]
+#[validator(domain(ipv4(Allow), local(Allow), at_least_two_labels(Allow), port(Allow)))]
 struct Url {
     domain: String,
     port: Option<u16>,
@@ -27,12 +24,14 @@ struct Url {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, Clone)]
 struct DbConfig {
-    pub address: Url,
+    pub address: String,
 }
 
 impl Default for DbConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Self { address: Url::parse_str("redis://127.0.0.1/").unwrap() }
+        Self {
+            address: "redis://127.0.0.1".to_string(),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -187,9 +186,9 @@ fn shorten(
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn serve() {
     // Read configuration
-    let config_file = std::env::var("LONK_CONFIG").unwrap_or("lonk.toml".to_string());
+    let config_file = std::env::var("LONK_CONFIG").unwrap_or("lonk.json".to_string());
     let config: Config = Figment::new()
-        .merge(Toml::file(&config_file))
+        .merge(figment::providers::Json::file(&config_file))
         .extract()
         .expect("Could not parse configuration file.");
 
@@ -198,12 +197,7 @@ async fn serve() {
 
     // Initialize database
     let db = {
-        let client = if let Some(port) = config.db.address.port {
-            redis::Client::open((config.db.address.domain, port))
-        } else {
-            redis::Client::open(config.db.address.domain)
-        };
-        let client = client.expect("Error opening Redis database.");
+        let client = redis::Client::open(config.db.address).expect("Error opening Redis database.");
         //let conn = Connection::open(config.db_location).expect("Could not open database.");
         Arc::new(SlugDatabase::from_client(client))
     };
@@ -245,8 +239,8 @@ fn main() {
     if run.print_default_config {
         println!(
             "{}",
-            toml::to_string(&Config::default())
-                .expect("Default configuration should always be TOML serializable")
+            serde_json::to_string_pretty(&Config::default())
+                .expect("Default configuration should always be JSON serializable")
         );
     } else {
         serve();