diff --git a/src/deforaos-update b/src/deforaos-update
index 3b563a3..2ae057e 100755
--- a/src/deforaos-update
+++ b/src/deforaos-update
@@ -29,26 +29,10 @@
 #environment
 umask 022
 #variables
-DATE=$(date '+%Y%m%d')
-DESTDIR="/var/www"
-DEVNULL="/dev/null"
-EMAIL="devel@lists.defora.org"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.defora.org"
-PROGNAME="deforaos-update"
-ROOT=
-SRC=
-
-#CVS
-CVSMODULE="DeforaOS"
-SRC="$HOME/$CVSMODULE"
-[ -z "$CVSROOT" ] && CVSROOT=":pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.defora.org:/home/cvs"
-
-#Git
-[ -z "$GITROOT" ] && GITROOT="https://git.defora.org/git/DeforaOS.git"
-
 #executables
 CONFIGURE="configure"
 CVS="cvs -q"
+DATE="date"
 FIND="find"
 GIT="git"
 LN="ln -f"
@@ -61,6 +45,25 @@ RMDIR="rmdir"
 TAR="tar"
 TOUCH="touch"
 XARGS="xargs"
+#settings
+CVSMODULE="DeforaOS"
+[ -n "$CVSROOT" ] || CVSROOT=":pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.defora.org:/home/cvs"
+DATE_TODAY=$($DATE '+%Y%m%d')
+DESTDIR="/var/www"
+DEVNULL="/dev/null"
+EMAIL="devel@lists.defora.org"
+[ -n "$GITROOT" ] || GITROOT="https://git.defora.org/git/DeforaOS.git"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.defora.org"
+PREFIX="/usr/local"
+PROGNAME="deforaos-update"
+ROOT=
+SRC="$HOME/$CVSMODULE"
+SYSCONFDIR="$PREFIX/etc"
+#load local settings
+[ -f "$SYSCONFDIR/DeforaOS/$PROGNAME.conf" ] &&
+	. "$SYSCONFDIR/DeforaOS/$PROGNAME.conf"
+[ -f "$HOME/.config/DeforaOS/$PROGNAME.conf" ] &&
+	. "$HOME/.config/DeforaOS/$PROGNAME.conf"
 
 
 #functions
@@ -93,10 +96,10 @@ _deforaos_update_cvs()
 	echo ""
 	echo "Archiving CVS module $CVSMODULE:"
 	for i in *; do
-		echo "DeforaOS-$DATE/$i"
-	done | ($LN -s . "DeforaOS-$DATE" \
+		echo "DeforaOS-$DATE_TODAY/$i"
+	done | ($LN -s . "DeforaOS-$DATE_TODAY" \
 			&& $XARGS $TAR -czf "$DESTDIR/htdocs/download/snapshots/DeforaOS-daily.tar.gz")
-	$RM "DeforaOS-$DATE"
+	$RM "DeforaOS-$DATE_TODAY"
 	echo "$HOMEPAGE/download/snapshots/DeforaOS-daily.tar.gz"
 }
 
@@ -143,10 +146,10 @@ _deforaos_update_git()
 	echo "Archiving DeforaOS from Git repository $GITROOT:"
 	for i in "$ROOT/$SRC/.git" "$ROOT/$SRC/"*; do
 		i=${i##$ROOT/$SRC/}
-		echo "DeforaOS-$DATE/$i"
-	done | (cd "$ROOT" && $LN -s "$SRC" "DeforaOS-$DATE" \
+		echo "DeforaOS-$DATE_TODAY/$i"
+	done | (cd "$ROOT" && $LN -s "$SRC" "DeforaOS-$DATE_TODAY" \
 			&& $XARGS $TAR -czf "$DESTDIR/htdocs/download/snapshots/DeforaOS-daily.tar.gz")
-	$RM "$ROOT/DeforaOS-$DATE"
+	$RM "$ROOT/DeforaOS-$DATE_TODAY"
 	echo "$HOMEPAGE/download/snapshots/DeforaOS-daily.tar.gz"
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ if [ -z "$ROOT" ]; then
 fi
 [ -n "$ROOT" ] || exit 2
 if [ $email -eq 1 ]; then
-	$update 2>&1 | $MAIL -s "Daily $scm update: $DATE" "$EMAIL"
+	$update 2>&1 | $MAIL -s "Daily $scm update: $DATE_TODAY" "$EMAIL"
 else
 	$update
 fi