diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46acf420a1..c3499f13f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,4 +43,6 @@ projectFilesBackup
 CHANGELOG.md
 
 # Casper generated files
-/core/test/functional/*.png
\ No newline at end of file
+/core/test/functional/*.png
+
+config.js
diff --git a/config.example.js b/config.example.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2bbf0fdeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.example.js
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// # Ghost Configuration
+
+var path = require('path'),
+    config;
+
+// ## Environment
+// **Warning:** Only change the settings below here if you are sure of what you are doing!
+config = {
+    testing: {
+        database: {
+            client: 'sqlite3',
+            connection: {
+                filename: path.join(__dirname, '/core/server/data/ghost-test.db')
+            }
+        },
+        server: {
+            host: '127.0.0.1',
+            port: '2369'
+        },
+        // The url to use when providing links to the site; like RSS and email.
+        url: 'http://127.0.0.1:2369'
+    },
+
+    travis: {
+        database: {
+            client: 'sqlite3',
+            connection: {
+                filename: path.join(__dirname, '/core/server/data/ghost-travis.db')
+            }
+        },
+        server: {
+            host: '127.0.0.1',
+            port: '2368'
+        },
+        // The url to use when providing links to the site; like RSS and email.
+        url: 'http://127.0.0.1:2368'
+    },
+
+    // Default configuration
+    development: {
+        database: {
+            client: 'sqlite3',
+            connection: {
+                filename: path.join(__dirname, '/core/server/data/ghost-dev.db')
+            },
+            debug: false
+        },
+        server: {
+            host: '127.0.0.1',
+            port: '2368'
+        },
+        // The url to use when providing links to the site; like RSS and email.
+        url: 'http://127.0.0.1:2368',
+        // Example mail config
+        mail: {
+            transport: 'sendgrid',
+            host: 'smtp.sendgrid.net',
+            options: {
+                service: 'Sendgrid',
+                auth: {
+                    user: '', // Super secret username
+                    pass: ''  // Super secret password
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    staging: {
+        database: {
+            client: 'sqlite3',
+            connection: {
+                filename: path.join(__dirname, '/core/server/data/ghost-staging.db')
+            },
+            debug: false
+        },
+        server: {
+            host: '127.0.0.1',
+            port: '2368'
+        },
+        // The url to use when providing links to the site; like RSS and email.
+        url: 'http://127.0.0.1:2368'
+    },
+
+    production: {
+        database: {
+            client: 'sqlite3',
+            connection: {
+                filename: path.join(__dirname, '/core/server/data/ghost.db')
+            },
+            debug: false
+        },
+        server: {
+            host: '127.0.0.1',
+            port: '2368'
+        },
+        // The url to use when providing links to the site; like RSS and email.
+        url: 'http://127.0.0.1:2368'
+    }
+};
+
+// Export config
+module.exports = config;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/config-loader.js b/core/config-loader.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff9e8ec167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/config-loader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+var fs = require('fs'),
+    when = require('when');
+
+function writeConfigFile() {
+    var written = when.defer();
+
+    /* Check for config file and copy from config.example.js
+        if one doesn't exist. After that, start the server. */
+    fs.exists('config.example.js', function checkTemplate(templateExists) {
+        var read,
+            write;
+
+        if (!templateExists) {
+            throw new Error('Could not locate a configuration file. Please check your deployment for config.js or config.example.js.');
+        }
+
+        // Copy config.example.js => config.js
+        read = fs.createReadStream('config.example.js');
+        read.on('error', function (err) {
+            throw new Error('Could not open config.example.js for read.');
+        });
+        read.on('end', written.resolve);
+
+        write = fs.createWriteStream('config.js');
+        write.on('error', function (err) {
+            throw new Error('Could not open config.js for write.');
+        });
+
+        read.pipe(write);
+    });
+
+    return written.promise;
+}
+
+exports.loadConfig = function () {
+    var loaded = when.defer();
+    /* Check for config file and copy from config.example.js
+        if one doesn't exist. After that, start the server. */
+    fs.exists('config.js', function checkConfig(configExists) {
+        if (configExists) {
+            loaded.resolve();
+        } else {
+            writeConfigFile().then(loaded.resolve).otherwise(loaded.reject);
+        }
+    });
+    return loaded.promise;
+};
diff --git a/core/ghost.js b/core/ghost.js
index 0e312416dd..d820f13e82 100644
--- a/core/ghost.js
+++ b/core/ghost.js
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ statuses = {
  * @constructor
  */
 Ghost = function () {
-    var app,
-        polyglot;
+    var polyglot;
 
     if (!instance) {
         instance = this;
@@ -88,11 +87,9 @@ Ghost = function () {
         // Holds the dbhash (mainly used for cookie secret)
         instance.dbHash = undefined;
 
-        app = express();
         polyglot = new Polyglot();
 
         _.extend(instance, {
-            app: function () { return app; },
             config: function () { return config[process.env.NODE_ENV]; },
 
             // there's no management here to be sure this has loaded
diff --git a/core/server.js b/core/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6795d5a9eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+// Module dependencies
+var express = require('express'),
+    when = require('when'),
+    _ = require('underscore'),
+    colors = require("colors"),
+    semver = require("semver"),
+    errors = require('./server/errorHandling'),
+    admin = require('./server/controllers/admin'),
+    frontend = require('./server/controllers/frontend'),
+    api = require('./server/api'),
+    Ghost = require('./ghost'),
+    I18n = require('./shared/lang/i18n'),
+    helpers = require('./server/helpers'),
+    packageInfo = require('../package.json'),
+
+// Variables
+    loading = when.defer(),
+    server = express(),
+    ghost = new Ghost();
+
+// ##Custom Middleware
+
+// ### Auth Middleware
+// Authenticate a request by redirecting to login if not logged in.
+// We strip /ghost/ out of the redirect parameter for neatness
+function auth(req, res, next) {
+    if (!req.session.user) {
+        var path = req.path.replace(/^\/ghost\/?/gi, ''),
+            redirect = '',
+            msg;
+
+        if (path !== '') {
+            msg = {
+                type: 'error',
+                message: 'Please Sign In',
+                status: 'passive',
+                id: 'failedauth'
+            };
+            // let's only add the notification once
+            if (!_.contains(_.pluck(ghost.notifications, 'id'), 'failedauth')) {
+                ghost.notifications.push(msg);
+            }
+            redirect = '?r=' + encodeURIComponent(path);
+        }
+        return res.redirect('/ghost/signin/' + redirect);
+    }
+
+    next();
+}
+
+
+// Check if we're logged in, and if so, redirect people back to dashboard
+// Login and signup forms in particular
+function redirectToDashboard(req, res, next) {
+    if (req.session.user) {
+        return res.redirect('/ghost/');
+    }
+
+    next();
+}
+
+function redirectToSignup(req, res, next) {
+    api.users.browse().then(function (users) {
+        if (users.length === 0) {
+            return res.redirect('/ghost/signup/');
+        }
+    });
+
+    next();
+}
+
+// While we're here, let's clean up on aisle 5
+// That being ghost.notifications, and let's remove the passives from there
+// plus the local messages, as they have already been added at this point
+// otherwise they'd appear one too many times
+function cleanNotifications(req, res, next) {
+    ghost.notifications = _.reject(ghost.notifications, function (notification) {
+        return notification.status === 'passive';
+    });
+    next();
+}
+
+// ## AuthApi Middleware
+// Authenticate a request to the API by responding with a 401 and json error details
+function authAPI(req, res, next) {
+    if (!req.session.user) {
+        // TODO: standardize error format/codes/messages
+        res.json(401, { error: 'Please sign in' });
+        return;
+    }
+
+    next();
+}
+
+// ### GhostAdmin Middleware
+// Uses the URL to detect whether this response should be an admin response
+// This is used to ensure the right content is served, and is not for security purposes
+function isGhostAdmin(req, res, next) {
+    res.isAdmin = /(^\/ghost$|^\/ghost\/)/.test(req.url);
+
+    next();
+}
+
+// ### GhostLocals Middleware
+// Expose the standard locals that every external page should have available,
+// separating between the frontend / theme and the admin
+function ghostLocals(req, res, next) {
+    // Make sure we have a locals value.
+    res.locals = res.locals || {};
+    res.locals.version = packageInfo.version;
+
+    if (res.isAdmin) {
+        api.users.read({id: req.session.user}).then(function (currentUser) {
+            _.extend(res.locals,  {
+                // pass the admin flash messages, settings and paths
+                messages: ghost.notifications,
+                settings: ghost.settings(),
+                availableThemes: ghost.paths().availableThemes,
+                availablePlugins: ghost.paths().availablePlugins,
+                currentUser: {
+                    name: currentUser.attributes.full_name,
+                    profile: currentUser.attributes.profile_picture
+                }
+            });
+            next();
+        }).otherwise(function () {
+            _.extend(res.locals,  {
+                // pass the admin flash messages, settings and paths
+                messages: ghost.notifications,
+                settings: ghost.settings(),
+                availableThemes: ghost.paths().availableThemes,
+                availablePlugins: ghost.paths().availablePlugins
+            });
+            next();
+        });
+    } else {
+        next();
+    }
+}
+
+// ### DisableCachedResult Middleware
+// Disable any caching until it can be done properly
+function disableCachedResult(req, res, next) {
+    res.set({
+        "Cache-Control": "no-cache, must-revalidate",
+        "Expires": "Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"
+    });
+
+    next();
+}
+
+// Expose the promise we will resolve after our pre-loading
+ghost.loaded = loading.promise;
+
+when.all([ghost.init(), helpers.loadCoreHelpers(ghost)]).then(function () {
+
+    // ##Configuration
+    server.configure(function () {
+        server.use(isGhostAdmin);
+        server.use(express.favicon(__dirname + '/core/shared/favicon.ico'));
+        server.use(I18n.load(ghost));
+        server.use(express.bodyParser({}));
+        server.use(express.bodyParser({uploadDir: __dirname + '/content/images'}));
+        server.use(express.cookieParser(ghost.dbHash));
+        server.use(express.cookieSession({ cookie: { maxAge: 60000000 }}));
+        server.use(ghost.initTheme(server));
+        if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {
+            server.use(express.logger());
+            server.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: false, showStack: false }));
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Development only configuration
+    server.configure("development", function () {
+        server.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
+        server.use(express.logger('dev'));
+    });
+
+    // post init config
+    server.use(ghostLocals);
+    // So on every request we actually clean out reduntant passive notifications from the server side
+    server.use(cleanNotifications);
+
+    // ## Routing
+
+    // ### API routes
+    /* TODO: auth should be public auth not user auth */
+    // #### Posts
+    server.get('/api/v0.1/posts', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.browse));
+    server.post('/api/v0.1/posts', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.add));
+    server.get('/api/v0.1/posts/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.read));
+    server.put('/api/v0.1/posts/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.edit));
+    server.del('/api/v0.1/posts/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.destroy));
+    // #### Settings
+    server.get('/api/v0.1/settings', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.cachedSettingsRequestHandler(api.settings.browse));
+    server.get('/api/v0.1/settings/:key', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.cachedSettingsRequestHandler(api.settings.read));
+    server.put('/api/v0.1/settings', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.cachedSettingsRequestHandler(api.settings.edit));
+    // #### Themes
+    server.get('/api/v0.1/themes', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.themes.browse));
+    // #### Users
+    server.get('/api/v0.1/users', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.users.browse));
+    server.get('/api/v0.1/users/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.users.read));
+    server.put('/api/v0.1/users/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.users.edit));
+    // #### Tags
+    server.get('/api/v0.1/tags', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.tags.all));
+    // #### Notifications
+    server.del('/api/v0.1/notifications/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.notifications.destroy));
+    server.post('/api/v0.1/notifications/', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.notifications.add));
+
+
+    // ### Admin routes
+    /* TODO: put these somewhere in admin */
+    server.get(/^\/logout\/?$/, function redirect(req, res) {
+        res.redirect(301, '/signout/');
+    });
+    server.get(/^\/signout\/?$/, admin.logout);
+    server.get('/ghost/login/', function redirect(req, res) {
+        res.redirect(301, '/ghost/signin/');
+    });
+    server.get('/ghost/signin/', redirectToSignup, redirectToDashboard, admin.login);
+    server.get('/ghost/signup/', redirectToDashboard, admin.signup);
+    server.get('/ghost/forgotten/', redirectToDashboard, admin.forgotten);
+    server.post('/ghost/forgotten/', admin.resetPassword);
+    server.post('/ghost/signin/', admin.auth);
+    server.post('/ghost/signup/', admin.doRegister);
+    server.post('/ghost/changepw/', auth, admin.changepw);
+    server.get('/ghost/editor/:id', auth, admin.editor);
+    server.get('/ghost/editor', auth, admin.editor);
+    server.get('/ghost/content', auth, admin.content);
+    server.get('/ghost/settings*', auth, admin.settings);
+    server.get('/ghost/debug/', auth, admin.debug.index);
+    server.get('/ghost/debug/db/export/', auth, admin.debug['export']);
+    server.post('/ghost/debug/db/import/', auth, admin.debug['import']);
+    server.get('/ghost/debug/db/reset/', auth, admin.debug.reset);
+    server.post('/ghost/upload', admin.uploader);
+    server.get(/^\/(ghost$|(ghost-admin|admin|wp-admin|dashboard|signin)\/?)/, auth, function (req, res) {
+        res.redirect('/ghost/');
+    });
+    server.get('/ghost/', redirectToSignup, auth, admin.index);
+
+    // ### Frontend routes
+    /* TODO: dynamic routing, homepage generator, filters ETC ETC */
+    server.get('/rss/', frontend.rss);
+    server.get('/rss/:page/', frontend.rss);
+    server.get('/:slug', frontend.single);
+    server.get('/', frontend.homepage);
+    server.get('/page/:page/', frontend.homepage);
+
+
+    // ## Start Ghost App
+    server.listen(
+        ghost.config().server.port,
+        ghost.config().server.host,
+        function () {
+
+            // Tell users if their node version is not supported, and exit
+            if (!semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, packageInfo.engines.node)) {
+                console.log(
+                    "\n !!! INVALID NODE VERSION !!!\n".red,
+                    "Ghost requires node version".red,
+                    packageInfo.engines.node.yellow,
+                    "as defined in package.json\n".red
+                );
+
+                process.exit(-1);
+            }
+
+            // Alpha warning, reminds users this is not production-ready software (yet)
+            // Remove once software becomes suitably 'ready'
+            console.log(
+                "\n !!! ALPHA SOFTWARE WARNING !!!\n".red,
+                "Ghost is in the early stages of development.\n".red,
+                "Expect to see bugs and other issues (but please report them.)\n".red
+            );
+
+            // Startup message
+            console.log("Express server listening on address:",
+                ghost.config().server.host + ':'
+                    + ghost.config().server.port);
+
+            // Let everyone know we have finished loading
+            loading.resolve();
+        }
+    );
+}, errors.logAndThrowError);
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2741c0e175..53f4f31df9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,290 +1,13 @@
-// # Ghost main app file
-// Contains the app configuration and all of the routing
+// # Ghost bootloader
+// Orchestrates the loading of Ghost
+
+var configLoader = require('./core/config-loader.js'),
+    error = require('./core/server/errorHandling');
 
 // If no env is set, default to development
 process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 
-// Module dependencies
-var express = require('express'),
-    when = require('when'),
-    _ = require('underscore'),
-    colors = require("colors"),
-    semver = require("semver"),
-    errors = require('./core/server/errorHandling'),
-    admin = require('./core/server/controllers/admin'),
-    frontend = require('./core/server/controllers/frontend'),
-    api = require('./core/server/api'),
-    Ghost = require('./core/ghost'),
-    I18n = require('./core/shared/lang/i18n'),
-    helpers = require('./core/server/helpers'),
-    packageInfo = require('./package.json'),
-
-// Variables
-    loading = when.defer(),
-    ghost = new Ghost();
-
-// ##Custom Middleware
-
-// ### Auth Middleware
-// Authenticate a request by redirecting to login if not logged in.
-// We strip /ghost/ out of the redirect parameter for neatness
-function auth(req, res, next) {
-    if (!req.session.user) {
-        var path = req.path.replace(/^\/ghost\/?/gi, ''),
-            redirect = '',
-            msg;
-
-        if (path !== '') {
-            msg = {
-                type: 'error',
-                message: 'Please Sign In',
-                status: 'passive',
-                id: 'failedauth'
-            };
-            // let's only add the notification once
-            if (!_.contains(_.pluck(ghost.notifications, 'id'), 'failedauth')) {
-                ghost.notifications.push(msg);
-            }
-            redirect = '?r=' + encodeURIComponent(path);
-        }
-        return res.redirect('/ghost/signin/' + redirect);
-    }
-
-    next();
-}
-
-
-// Check if we're logged in, and if so, redirect people back to content
-// Login and signup forms in particular
-function redirectToIndex(req, res, next) {
-    if (req.session.user) {
-        return res.redirect('/ghost/');
-    }
-
-    next();
-}
-
-function redirectToSignup(req, res, next) {
-    api.users.browse().then(function (users) {
-        if (users.length === 0) {
-            return res.redirect('/ghost/signup/');
-        }
-    });
-
-    next();
-}
-
-// While we're here, let's clean up on aisle 5
-// That being ghost.notifications, and let's remove the passives from there
-// plus the local messages, as they have already been added at this point
-// otherwise they'd appear one too many times
-function cleanNotifications(req, res, next) {
-    ghost.notifications = _.reject(ghost.notifications, function (notification) {
-        return notification.status === 'passive';
-    });
-    next();
-}
-
-// ## AuthApi Middleware
-// Authenticate a request to the API by responding with a 401 and json error details
-function authAPI(req, res, next) {
-    if (!req.session.user) {
-        // TODO: standardize error format/codes/messages
-        res.json(401, { error: 'Please sign in' });
-        return;
-    }
-
-    next();
-}
-
-// ### GhostAdmin Middleware
-// Uses the URL to detect whether this response should be an admin response
-// This is used to ensure the right content is served, and is not for security purposes
-function isGhostAdmin(req, res, next) {
-    res.isAdmin = /(^\/ghost$|^\/ghost\/)/.test(req.url);
-
-    next();
-}
-
-// ### GhostLocals Middleware
-// Expose the standard locals that every external page should have available,
-// separating between the frontend / theme and the admin
-function ghostLocals(req, res, next) {
-    // Make sure we have a locals value.
-    res.locals = res.locals || {};
-    res.locals.version = packageInfo.version;
-
-    if (res.isAdmin) {
-        api.users.read({id: req.session.user}).then(function (currentUser) {
-            _.extend(res.locals,  {
-                // pass the admin flash messages, settings and paths
-                messages: ghost.notifications,
-                settings: ghost.settings(),
-                availableThemes: ghost.paths().availableThemes,
-                availablePlugins: ghost.paths().availablePlugins,
-                currentUser: {
-                    name: currentUser.attributes.full_name,
-                    profile: currentUser.attributes.profile_picture
-                }
-            });
-            next();
-        }).otherwise(function () {
-            _.extend(res.locals,  {
-                // pass the admin flash messages, settings and paths
-                messages: ghost.notifications,
-                settings: ghost.settings(),
-                availableThemes: ghost.paths().availableThemes,
-                availablePlugins: ghost.paths().availablePlugins
-            });
-            next();
-        });
-    } else {
-        next();
-    }
-}
-
-// ### DisableCachedResult Middleware
-// Disable any caching until it can be done properly
-function disableCachedResult(req, res, next) {
-    res.set({
-        "Cache-Control": "no-cache, must-revalidate",
-        "Expires": "Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"
-    });
-
-    next();
-}
-
-// Expose the promise we will resolve after our pre-loading
-ghost.loaded = loading.promise;
-
-when.all([ghost.init(), helpers.loadCoreHelpers(ghost)]).then(function () {
-
-    // ##Configuration
-    ghost.app().configure(function () {
-        ghost.app().use(isGhostAdmin);
-        ghost.app().use(express.favicon(__dirname + '/core/shared/favicon.ico'));
-        ghost.app().use(I18n.load(ghost));
-        ghost.app().use(express.bodyParser({}));
-        ghost.app().use(express.bodyParser({uploadDir: __dirname + '/content/images'}));
-        ghost.app().use(express.cookieParser(ghost.dbHash));
-        ghost.app().use(express.cookieSession({ cookie: { maxAge: 60000000 }}));
-        ghost.app().use(ghost.initTheme(ghost.app()));
-        if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {
-            ghost.app().use(express.logger());
-            ghost.app().use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: false, showStack: false }));
-        }
-    });
-
-    // Development only configuration
-    ghost.app().configure("development", function () {
-        ghost.app().use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
-        ghost.app().use(express.logger('dev'));
-    });
-
-    // post init config
-    ghost.app().use(ghostLocals);
-    // So on every request we actually clean out reduntant passive notifications from the server side
-    ghost.app().use(cleanNotifications);
-
-    // ## Routing
-
-    // ### API routes
-    /* TODO: auth should be public auth not user auth */
-    // #### Posts
-    ghost.app().get('/api/v0.1/posts', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.browse));
-    ghost.app().post('/api/v0.1/posts', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.add));
-    ghost.app().get('/api/v0.1/posts/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.read));
-    ghost.app().put('/api/v0.1/posts/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.edit));
-    ghost.app().del('/api/v0.1/posts/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.posts.destroy));
-    // #### Settings
-    ghost.app().get('/api/v0.1/settings', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.cachedSettingsRequestHandler(api.settings.browse));
-    ghost.app().get('/api/v0.1/settings/:key', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.cachedSettingsRequestHandler(api.settings.read));
-    ghost.app().put('/api/v0.1/settings', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.cachedSettingsRequestHandler(api.settings.edit));
-    // #### Themes
-    ghost.app().get('/api/v0.1/themes', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.themes.browse));
-    // #### Users
-    ghost.app().get('/api/v0.1/users', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.users.browse));
-    ghost.app().get('/api/v0.1/users/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.users.read));
-    ghost.app().put('/api/v0.1/users/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.users.edit));
-    // #### Tags
-    ghost.app().get('/api/v0.1/tags', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.tags.all));
-    // #### Notifications
-    ghost.app().del('/api/v0.1/notifications/:id', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.notifications.destroy));
-    ghost.app().post('/api/v0.1/notifications/', authAPI, disableCachedResult, api.requestHandler(api.notifications.add));
-
-
-    // ### Admin routes
-    /* TODO: put these somewhere in admin */
-    ghost.app().get(/^\/logout\/?$/, function redirect(req, res) {
-        res.redirect(301, '/signout/');
-    });
-    ghost.app().get(/^\/signout\/?$/, admin.logout);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/login/', function redirect(req, res) {
-        res.redirect(301, '/ghost/signin/');
-    });
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/signin/', redirectToSignup, redirectToIndex, admin.login);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/signup/', redirectToIndex, admin.signup);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/forgotten/', redirectToIndex, admin.forgotten);
-    ghost.app().post('/ghost/forgotten/', admin.resetPassword);
-    ghost.app().post('/ghost/signin/', admin.auth);
-    ghost.app().post('/ghost/signup/', admin.doRegister);
-    ghost.app().post('/ghost/changepw/', auth, admin.changepw);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/editor/:id', auth, admin.editor);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/editor', auth, admin.editor);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/content', auth, admin.content);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/settings*', auth, admin.settings);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/debug/', auth, admin.debug.index);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/debug/db/export/', auth, admin.debug['export']);
-    ghost.app().post('/ghost/debug/db/import/', auth, admin.debug['import']);
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/debug/db/reset/', auth, admin.debug.reset);
-    ghost.app().post('/ghost/upload', admin.uploader);
-    ghost.app().get(/^\/(ghost$|(ghost-admin|admin|wp-admin|dashboard|signin)\/?)/, auth, function (req, res) {
-        res.redirect('/ghost/');
-    });
-    ghost.app().get('/ghost/', redirectToSignup, auth, admin.index);
-
-    // ### Frontend routes
-    /* TODO: dynamic routing, homepage generator, filters ETC ETC */
-    ghost.app().get('/rss/', frontend.rss);
-    ghost.app().get('/rss/:page/', frontend.rss);
-    ghost.app().get('/:slug', frontend.single);
-    ghost.app().get('/', frontend.homepage);
-    ghost.app().get('/page/:page/', frontend.homepage);
-
-
-    // ## Start Ghost App
-    ghost.app().listen(
-        ghost.config().server.port,
-        ghost.config().server.host,
-        function () {
-
-            // Tell users if their node version is not supported, and exit
-            if (!semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, packageInfo.engines.node)) {
-                console.log(
-                    "\n !!! INVALID NODE VERSION !!!\n".red,
-                    "Ghost requires node version".red,
-                    packageInfo.engines.node.yellow,
-                    "as defined in package.json\n".red
-                );
-
-                process.exit(-1);
-            }
-
-            // Alpha warning, reminds users this is not production-ready software (yet)
-            // Remove once software becomes suitably 'ready'
-            console.log(
-                "\n !!! ALPHA SOFTWARE WARNING !!!\n".red,
-                "Ghost is in the early stages of development.\n".red,
-                "Expect to see bugs and other issues (but please report them.)\n".red
-            );
-
-            // Startup message
-            console.log("Express server listening on address:",
-                ghost.config().server.host + ':'
-                    + ghost.config().server.port);
-
-            // Let everyone know we have finished loading
-            loading.resolve();
-        }
-    );
-}, errors.logAndThrowError);
+configLoader.loadConfig().then(function () {
+    // The server and its dependencies require a populated config
+    require('./core/server');
+}).otherwise(error.logAndThrowError);