diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index 65fc4d90..d097f3ea 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -34,8 +34,24 @@ config :philomena,
   proxy_host: System.get_env("PROXY_HOST"),
   camo_host: System.get_env("CAMO_HOST"),
   camo_key: System.get_env("CAMO_KEY"),
-  cdn_host: System.fetch_env!("CDN_HOST"),
-  app_dir: System.get_env("APP_DIR", File.cwd!())
+  cdn_host: System.fetch_env!("CDN_HOST")
+
+app_dir = System.get_env("APP_DIR", File.cwd!())
+
+json_config =
+  %{
+    aggregation: "aggregation.json",
+    avatar: "avatar.json",
+    footer: "footer.json",
+    quick_tag_table: "quick_tag_table.json",
+    tag: "tag.json"
+  }
+  |> Map.new(fn {name, file} ->
+    {name, Jason.decode!(File.read!("#{app_dir}/config/#{file}"))}
+  end)
+
+config :philomena,
+  config: json_config
 
 config :exq,
   host: System.get_env("REDIS_HOST", "localhost"),
diff --git a/lib/philomena/application.ex b/lib/philomena/application.ex
index f26f2023..e3a99861 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/application.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/application.ex
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ defmodule Philomena.Application do
 
       # Starts a worker by calling: Philomena.Worker.start_link(arg)
       # {Philomena.Worker, arg},
-      Philomena.Servers.Config,
       {Redix, name: :redix, host: Application.get_env(:philomena, :redis_host)},
       {Phoenix.PubSub,
        [
diff --git a/lib/philomena/config.ex b/lib/philomena/config.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6a35bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena/config.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Config do
+  def get(key) do
+    Application.get_env(:philomena, :config)[key]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/philomena/images/tag_validator.ex b/lib/philomena/images/tag_validator.ex
index 6ffafbac..887b5daa 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/images/tag_validator.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/images/tag_validator.ex
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 defmodule Philomena.Images.TagValidator do
-  alias Philomena.Servers.Config
+  alias Philomena.Config
   import Ecto.Changeset
 
   def validate_tags(changeset) do
diff --git a/lib/philomena/servers/config.ex b/lib/philomena/servers/config.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index 58455d40..00000000
--- a/lib/philomena/servers/config.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-defmodule Philomena.Servers.Config do
-  use GenServer
-
-  @process_name :philomena_config
-
-  def start_link([]) do
-    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, [])
-  end
-
-  def get(key) do
-    pid = Process.whereis(@process_name)
-    GenServer.call(pid, {:get, key})
-  end
-
-  def reload do
-    pid = Process.whereis(@process_name)
-    GenServer.cast(pid, :reload)
-  end
-
-  @impl true
-  def init([]) do
-    Process.register(self(), @process_name)
-    {:ok, %{}}
-  end
-
-  @impl true
-  def handle_call({:get, key}, _from, state) do
-    state = maybe_update_state(state, key, Map.has_key?(state, key))
-
-    {:reply, state[key], state}
-  end
-
-  @impl true
-  def handle_cast(:reload, _state) do
-    {:noreply, %{}}
-  end
-
-  @impl true
-  def code_change(_old_vsn, _state, _extra) do
-    {:ok, %{}}
-  end
-
-  defp maybe_update_state(state, key, false) do
-    Map.put(state, key, load_config(key))
-  end
-
-  defp maybe_update_state(state, _key, _true), do: state
-
-  defp load_config(name) do
-    with {:ok, text} <- File.read("#{app_dir()}/config/#{name}.json"),
-         {:ok, json} <- Jason.decode(text) do
-      json
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp app_dir do
-    Application.get_env(:philomena, :app_dir)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/stats_updater.ex b/lib/philomena_web/stats_updater.ex
index 11054ab4..e4bd4e17 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/stats_updater.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/stats_updater.ex
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 defmodule PhilomenaWeb.StatsUpdater do
+  alias Philomena.Config
   alias Philomena.Elasticsearch
-  alias Philomena.Servers.Config
   alias Philomena.Images.Image
   alias Philomena.Comments.Comment
   alias Philomena.Topics.Topic
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/avatar_generator_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/avatar_generator_view.ex
index 14f6ff4d..3ed0964e 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/avatar_generator_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/avatar_generator_view.ex
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.AvatarGeneratorView do
   use PhilomenaWeb, :view
   use Bitwise
 
-  alias Philomena.Servers.Config
+  alias Philomena.Config
 
   def generated_avatar(displayed_name) do
     config = config()
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
index fd50d87b..aec16af8 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.LayoutView do
   use PhilomenaWeb, :view
 
   alias PhilomenaWeb.ImageView
-  alias Philomena.Servers.Config
+  alias Philomena.Config
   alias Plug.Conn
 
   def layout_class(conn) do
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/tag_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/tag_view.ex
index 4c3ba759..dd0b12eb 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/tag_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/tag_view.ex
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.TagView do
   use PhilomenaWeb, :view
 
   # this is bad practice, don't copy this.
-  alias Philomena.Servers.Config
+  alias Philomena.Config
   alias Philomena.Elasticsearch
   alias Philomena.Tags.Tag
   alias Philomena.Repo