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diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
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+++ b/config.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import json
+
+# try to read config.json if nonexistent create config.json an populate it
+try:
+	with open("config.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+		config = json.load(f)
+
+except FileNotFoundError:
+	with open("config.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+		config = {
+			"name": "",
+		}
+		f.write(json.dumps(config))
+
+
+class Config(object):
+	"""extract secret key to use for the webserver"""
+	name = config["name"]