diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c36401..67403c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,15 +2,8 @@
 *.pem
 *.swp
 __pycache__/
-conf/config.json
-conf/wholist.json
-conf/counters.json
-conf/tokens.json
-conf/network.dat
-conf/alias.json
-conf/irc.json
-conf/dist.sh
-conf/blacklist.json
+conf/live/
+conf/cert/
 env/
 .idea/
 .env
diff --git a/conf/example/alias.json b/conf/example/alias.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0967ef4..0000000
--- a/conf/example/alias.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
diff --git a/conf/example/blacklist.json b/conf/example/blacklist.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0967ef4..0000000
--- a/conf/example/blacklist.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
diff --git a/conf/example/counters.json b/conf/example/counters.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0967ef4..0000000
--- a/conf/example/counters.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
diff --git a/conf/example/tokens.json b/conf/example/tokens.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0967ef4..0000000
--- a/conf/example/tokens.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
diff --git a/conf/aliasdata.json b/conf/templates/aliasdata.json
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/aliasdata.json
rename to conf/templates/aliasdata.json
diff --git a/conf/example/config.json b/conf/templates/config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/example/config.json
rename to conf/templates/config.json
diff --git a/conf/help.json b/conf/templates/help.json
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/help.json
rename to conf/templates/help.json
diff --git a/conf/example/irc.json b/conf/templates/irc.json
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/example/irc.json
rename to conf/templates/irc.json
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b7df7de..fb036b6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ services:
     build: ./docker
     volumes:
       - ${PORTAINER_GIT_DIR}:/code
+      - ${THRESHOLD_CONFIG_DIR}:/code/conf/live
+      - ${THRESHOLD_TEMPLATE_DIR}:/code/conf/templates
+      - ${THRESHOLD_CERT_DIR}:/code/conf/cert
     ports:
       - "${THRESHOLD_LISTENER_PORT}:${THRESHOLD_LISTENER_PORT}"
       - "${THRESHOLD_RELAY_PORT}:${THRESHOLD_RELAY_PORT}"
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
index c4f91c1..7ac7813 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ services:
     build: ./docker
     volumes:
       - ${PORTAINER_GIT_DIR}:/code
+      - ${THRESHOLD_CONFIG_DIR}:/code/conf/live
+      - ${THRESHOLD_TEMPLATE_DIR}:/code/conf/templates
+      - ${THRESHOLD_CERT_DIR}:/code/conf/cert
     ports:
       - "${THRESHOLD_LISTENER_PORT}:${THRESHOLD_LISTENER_PORT}"
       - "${THRESHOLD_RELAY_PORT}:${THRESHOLD_RELAY_PORT}"
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 972a897..4e16522 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ from os.path import exists
 from string import digits
 
 from redis import StrictRedis
+from os import getenv
 
 # List of errors ZNC can give us
 ZNCErrors = ["Error:", "Unable to load", "does not exist", "doesn't exist"]
 
-configPath = "conf/"
-exampleConfigPath = "conf/example/"
-certPath = "cert/"
+configPath = getenv("THRESHOLD_CONFIG_DIR", "conf/live/")
+templateConfigPath = getenv("THRESHOLD_TEMPLATE_DIR", "conf/templates/")
+certPath = getenv("THRESHOLD_CERT_DIR", "conf/cert/")
 
 filemap = {
     # JSON configs
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ def liveNets():
 
 
 def saveConf(var):
+    if var in ("help", "aliasdata"):
+        return # no need to save this
     if filemap[var][2] == "json":
         with open(configPath + filemap[var][0], "w") as f:
             json.dump(globals()[var], f, indent=4)
@@ -83,21 +86,26 @@ def saveConf(var):
 def loadConf(var):
     if filemap[var][2] == "json":
         filename = configPath + filemap[var][0]
+        # Only take the help from the templates
+        if var in ("help", "aliasdata"):
+            filename = templateConfigPath + filemap[var][0]
         if not exists(filename):
+            # Load the template config
             if var == "config":
-                filename = exampleConfigPath + filemap[var][0]
+                filename = templateConfigPath + filemap[var][0]
             else:
+                # Everything else should be blank
                 globals()[var] = {}
                 return
         with open(filename, "r") as f:
             globals()[var] = json.load(f)
-            return
         if var == "alias":
             # This is a workaround to convert all the keys into integers since JSON
             #  turns them into strings...
             #  Dammit Jason!
             global alias
             alias = {int(x): y for x, y in alias.items()}
+
     elif filemap[var][2] == "pickle":
         try:
             with open(configPath + filemap[var][0], "rb") as f: