diff --git a/src/conf/sysadm.conf b/src/conf/sysadm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc85633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conf/sysadm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#Sample Configuration file for the sysadm server
+
+### Server Port Number ###
+# - Websocket Server (standard)
+PORT=12150
+# - REST Server (started with the "-rest" CLI flag)
+PORT_REST=12151
+
+### Blacklist options ###
+# - Number of minutes that an IP remains on the blacklist
+BLACKLIST_BLOCK_MINUTES=60
+# - Number of authorization failures before an IP is placed on the blacklist
+BLACKLIST_AUTH_FAIL_LIMIT=5
+# - Number of minutes of no activity from an IP before  resetting the failure counter
+#   (Note: A successful authorization will always reset the fail counter)
+BLACKLIST_AUTH_FAIL_RESET_MINUTES=10
diff --git a/src/server/AuthorizationManager.cpp b/src/server/AuthorizationManager.cpp
index 5e8d2eb..da1016d 100644
--- a/src/server/AuthorizationManager.cpp
+++ b/src/server/AuthorizationManager.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
 #define TIMEOUTSECS 900 // (15 minutes) time before a token becomes invalid
 #define AUTHCHARS QString("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")
 #define TOKENLENGTH 20
+
 // -- Connection failure limitations
-#define AUTHFAILLIMIT 5 //number of sequential failures before IP is blocked for a time
-#define FAILOVERMINS 10 //after this many minutes without a new login attempt the failure count will reset
+//#define AUTHFAILLIMIT 5 //number of sequential failures before IP is blocked for a time
+//#define FAILOVERMINS 10 //after this many minutes without a new login attempt the failure count will reset
 
 AuthorizationManager::AuthorizationManager() : QObject(){
   HASH.clear();
@@ -315,13 +316,13 @@ bool AuthorizationManager::BumpFailCount(QString host){
   if(!keys.isEmpty()){
     //Take the existing key/value and put a new one in (this limits the filter to 1 value maximum)
     QDateTime last = IPFAIL.take(keys[0]);
-    if(last.addSecs(FAILOVERMINS*60) > QDateTime::currentDateTime() ){
+    if(last.addSecs(BlackList_AuthFailResetMinutes*60) > QDateTime::currentDateTime() ){
      fails = keys[0].section("::::",1,1).toInt();
     }
   }
   fails++;
   IPFAIL.insert(host+"::::"+QString::number(fails), QDateTime::currentDateTime() );
-  return (fails>=AUTHFAILLIMIT);	
+  return (fails>=BlackList_AuthFailsToBlock);	
 }
 
 void AuthorizationManager::ClearHostFail(QString host){
diff --git a/src/server/WebServer.cpp b/src/server/WebServer.cpp
index e04fb80..9f76c1a 100644
--- a/src/server/WebServer.cpp
+++ b/src/server/WebServer.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // Written by: Ken Moore <ken@pcbsd.org> July 2015
 // =================================
 #include "WebServer.h"
+#include "globals.h"
 
 #define DEBUG 0
 
@@ -105,8 +106,7 @@ bool WebServer::allowConnection(QHostAddress addr){
   if(!CONFIG->contains(key) ){ return true; } //not in the list
   //Address on the list - see if the timeout has expired 
   QDateTime dt = CONFIG->value(key,QDateTime()).toDateTime();
-  int minblock = CONFIG->value("blacklist/RefuseMinutes",60).toInt();
-  if(dt.addSecs(minblock*60) < QDateTime::currentDateTime()){
+  if(dt.addSecs(BlackList_BlockMinutes*60) < QDateTime::currentDateTime()){
     //This entry has timed out - go ahead and allow it
     CONFIG->remove(key); //make the next connection check for this IP faster again
     return true;
diff --git a/src/server/globals-qt.h b/src/server/globals-qt.h
index 2f8333d..2e53258 100644
--- a/src/server/globals-qt.h
+++ b/src/server/globals-qt.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QFileSystemWatcher>
 #include <QQueue>
+#include <QRegExp>
 
 #include <QList>
 #include <QHash>
diff --git a/src/server/globals.h b/src/server/globals.h
index 43fccb3..57ab16e 100644
--- a/src/server/globals.h
+++ b/src/server/globals.h
@@ -23,4 +23,9 @@ extern Dispatcher *DISPATCHER;
 #define WSPORTNUMBER 12150 	// WebSocket server default port
 #define PORTNUMBER 12151		// TCP server default port
 
+//Config file settings for this instance of the server
+extern int BlackList_BlockMinutes;
+extern int BlackList_AuthFailsToBlock;
+extern int BlackList_AuthFailResetMinutes;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/server/main.cpp b/src/server/main.cpp
index 44c1550..0b36aeb 100644
--- a/src/server/main.cpp
+++ b/src/server/main.cpp
@@ -10,14 +10,22 @@
 
 #include "WebServer.h"
 
+#define CONFFILE "/usr/local/etc/sysadm.conf"
+#define SETTINGSFILE "/usr/local/etc/.sysadm-internal.ini"
+
 #define DEBUG 0
 
 //Create any global classes
-QSettings *CONFIG = new QSettings("/usr/local/etc/sysadm.conf", QSettings::IniFormat);
+QSettings *CONFIG = new QSettings(SETTINGSFILE, QSettings::IniFormat);
 EventWatcher *EVENTS = new EventWatcher();
 Dispatcher *DISPATCHER = new Dispatcher();
 bool WS_MODE = false;
 
+//Set the defail values for the global config variables
+int BlackList_BlockMinutes = 60;
+int BlackList_AuthFailsToBlock = 5;
+int BlackList_AuthFailResetMinutes = 10;
+
 //Create the default logfile
 QFile logfile;
 void MessageOutput(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext &context, const QString &msg){
@@ -45,6 +53,15 @@ void MessageOutput(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext &context, const QStr
   if(!txt.endsWith("\n")){ out << "\n"; }
 }
 
+inline QString ReadFile(QString path){
+  QFile file(path);
+  if( !file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly) ){ return ""; }
+  QTextStream in(&file);
+  QString str = in.readAll();
+  file.close();
+  return str;
+}
+
 int main( int argc, char ** argv )
 {
     QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
@@ -54,18 +71,59 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
       return 1;
     }
 
-    
     //Evaluate input arguments
-    bool websocket = false;
+    bool websocket = true;
     quint16 port = 0;
     for(int i=1; i<argc; i++){
-      if( QString(argv[i])=="-ws" ){ websocket = true; WS_MODE = true;}
+      if( QString(argv[i])=="-rest" ){ websocket = false;}
       else if( QString(argv[i])=="-p" && (i+1<argc) ){ i++; port = QString(argv[i]).toUInt(); }
     }
-    if(port==0){
-      if(websocket){ port = WSPORTNUMBER; }
-      else{ port = PORTNUMBER; }
+    WS_MODE = websocket; //set the global variable too
+    
+    //Now load the config file
+    QStringList conf = ReadFile(CONFFILE).split("\n");
+    if(!conf.filter("[internal]").isEmpty()){
+      //Older QSettings file - move it to the new location
+      if(QFile::exists(SETTINGSFILE)){ QFile::remove(SETTINGSFILE); } //remove the new/empty settings file
+      QFile::rename(CONFFILE, SETTINGSFILE);
+      CONFIG->sync(); //re-sync settings structure
+      conf.clear(); //No config yet
     }
+    //Load the settings from the config file
+    // - port number
+    if(port==0){
+      if(websocket){ 
+	int index = conf.indexOf(QRegExp("PORT=*",Qt::CaseSensitive,QRegExp::Wildcard));
+	bool ok = false;
+	if(index>=0){ port = conf[index].section("=",1,1).toInt(&ok); }
+	if(port<=0 || !ok){ port = WSPORTNUMBER;  }
+      }else{
+	int index = conf.indexOf(QRegExp("PORT_REST=*",Qt::CaseSensitive,QRegExp::Wildcard));
+	bool ok = false;
+	if(index>=0){ port = conf[index].section("=",1,1).toInt(&ok); }
+	if(port<=0 || !ok){ port = PORTNUMBER;  }	      
+      }
+    }
+    // - Blacklist options
+    QRegExp rg = QRegExp("BLACKLIST_BLOCK_MINUTES=*",Qt::CaseSensitive,QRegExp::Wildcard);
+    if(!conf.filter(rg).isEmpty()){
+      bool ok = false;
+      int tmp = conf.filter(rg).first().section("=",1,1).simplified().toInt(&ok);
+      if(ok){ BlackList_BlockMinutes = tmp; }
+    }
+    rg = QRegExp("BLACKLIST_AUTH_FAIL_LIMIT=*",Qt::CaseSensitive,QRegExp::Wildcard);
+    if(!conf.filter(rg).isEmpty()){
+      bool ok = false;
+      int tmp = conf.filter(rg).first().section("=",1,1).simplified().toInt(&ok);
+      if(ok){ BlackList_AuthFailsToBlock = tmp; }
+    }
+    rg = QRegExp("BLACKLIST_AUTH_FAIL_RESET_MINUTES=*",Qt::CaseSensitive,QRegExp::Wildcard);
+    if(!conf.filter(rg).isEmpty()){
+      bool ok = false;
+      int tmp = conf.filter(rg).first().section("=",1,1).simplified().toInt(&ok);
+      if(ok){ BlackList_AuthFailResetMinutes = tmp; }
+    }
+    
     //Setup the log file
     LogManager::checkLogDir(); //ensure the logging directory exists
     if(!websocket){ logfile.setFileName("/var/log/sysadm-server-tcp.log"); }