diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/GenerateToken.php b/app/Console/Commands/GenerateToken.php
index dc07e917..9299206c 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/GenerateToken.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/GenerateToken.php
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class GenerateToken extends Command
     public function handle(TokenService $tokenService)
     {
         $data = [
-            'me' => env('APP_URL'),
-            'client_id' => env('APP_URL') . '/notes/new',
+            'me' => config('app.url'),
+            'client_id' => config('app.url') . '/notes/new',
             'scope' => 'post',
         ];
         $token = $tokenService->getNewToken($data);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php
index 7cb338e6..a587c266 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class AdminController extends Controller
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->username = env('ADMIN_USER');
+        $this->username = config('admin.user');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php
index f752fa21..36be2076 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ class AuthController extends Controller
      */
     public function login(Request $request)
     {
-        if ($request->input('username') === env('ADMIN_USER')
+        if ($request->input('username') === config('admin.user')
             &&
-            $request->input('password') === env('ADMIN_PASS')
+            $request->input('password') === config('admin.pass')
         ) {
             session(['loggedin' => true]);
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/DevTokenMiddleware.php b/app/Http/Middleware/DevTokenMiddleware.php
index b1d5e02e..a711142b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/DevTokenMiddleware.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/DevTokenMiddleware.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class DevTokenMiddleware
     public function handle($request, Closure $next)
     {
         if (config('app.env') !== 'production') {
-            session(['me' => env('APP_URL')]);
+            session(['me' => config('app.url')]);
             if (Storage::exists('dev-token')) {
                 session(['token' => Storage::get('dev-token')]);
             }
diff --git a/app/Jobs/SendWebMentions.php b/app/Jobs/SendWebMentions.php
index 41bd499b..dd4e2835 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/SendWebMentions.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/SendWebMentions.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SendWebMentions implements ShouldQueue
     public function discoverWebmentionEndpoint($url, $guzzle)
     {
         //let’s not send webmentions to myself
-        if (parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST) == env('LONG_URL', 'localhost')) {
+        if (parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST) == config('app.longurl')) {
             return false;
         }
         if (starts_with($url, '/notes/tagged/')) {
diff --git a/app/Services/TokenService.php b/app/Services/TokenService.php
index 4652d30b..1cabd925 100644
--- a/app/Services/TokenService.php
+++ b/app/Services/TokenService.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class TokenService
             ->set('scope', $data['scope'])
             ->set('date_issued', time())
             ->set('nonce', bin2hex(random_bytes(8)))
-            ->sign($signer, env('APP_KEY'))
+            ->sign($signer, config('app.key'))
             ->getToken();
 
         return $token;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class TokenService
         } catch (RuntimeException $e) {
             return;
         }
-        if ($token->verify($signer, env('APP_KEY'))) {
+        if ($token->verify($signer, config('app.key'))) {
             //signuture valid
             return $token;
         }
diff --git a/config/admin.php b/config/admin.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b11b7dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/admin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Admin Name
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | The username of the admin account.
+    */
+
+    'name' => env('ADMIN_NAME'),
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Admin Password
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | The password of the admin account.
+    */
+
+    'pass' => env('ADMIN_PASS'),
+
+];
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index ed3364de..57d672d9 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ return [
 
     'url' => env('APP_URL', 'http://localhost'),
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Application Long URL
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | The short URL for the application
+    |
+    */
+
+    'longurl' => env('APP_LONGURL', 'longurl.local'),
+
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Application Short URL
@@ -62,7 +73,18 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'shorturl' => env('APP_SHORTURL', 'http://shorturl.local'),
+    'shorturl' => env('APP_SHORTURL', 'shorturl.local'),
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Application Display Name
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | The display name for the application, used for example in titles.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'display_name' => env('DISPLAY_NAME', 'Joe Bloggs'),
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/resources/views/articles/rss.blade.php b/resources/views/articles/rss.blade.php
index f6c0253f..792d8989 100644
--- a/resources/views/articles/rss.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/articles/rss.blade.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
 <channel>
-  <title>{{ env('DISPLAY_NAME') }}</title>
+  <title>{{ config('app.display_name') }}</title>
   <atom:link href="{{ config('app.url') }}/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
   <description>An RSS feed of the blog posts found on {{ config('url.longurl') }}</description>
   <link>{{ config('app.url') }}</link>
diff --git a/resources/views/master.blade.php b/resources/views/master.blade.php
index b5f67954..321a8492 100644
--- a/resources/views/master.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/master.blade.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="en-GB">
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
-  <title>@if (App::environment() == 'local'){!! "[testing] -"!!}@endif @yield('title'){{ env('DISPLAY_NAME') }}</title>
+  <title>@if (App::environment() == 'local'){!! "[testing] -"!!}@endif @yield('title'){{ config('app.display_name') }}</title>
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/frontend/normalize.css">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/app.css">
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 <body>
   <header id="topheader">
     <a rel="author" href="/">
-      <h1>{{ env('DISPLAY_NAME') }}</h1>
+      <h1>{{ config('app.display_name') }}</h1>
     </a>
     <nav>
       <a href="/blog">Articles</a>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <form action="search" method="get">
         <input type="text" name="terms"><button type="submit">Search</button>
     </form>
-    <p>The code for <code>{{ env('APP_LONGURL') }}</code> can be found on <a href="https://github.com/jonnybarnes/jonnybarnes.uk">GitHub</a>.</p>
+    <p>The code for <code>{{ config('app.longurl') }}</code> can be found on <a href="https://github.com/jonnybarnes/jonnybarnes.uk">GitHub</a>.</p>
     <p>Built with love: <a href="/colophon">Colophon</a></p>
     <p><a href="https://indieweb.org"><img src="/assets/img/iwc.png" alt="Indie Web Camp logo" class="iwc-logo"></a></p>
 </footer>