diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 4d9ed64..b57d495 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import angular_utils_pagination from 'angularUtils/src/directives/pagination/dirPagination.js';
 
 require('./styles/index.scss');
+var config = require('../config.json');
 
 // TODO(Ed)  clean this up, add the appropriate imports to phosphor-webui
 
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db3279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+
+}