diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f667d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use std::string::String;
+
+pub fn get_from_env(variable: &str, mandatory: bool) -> String {
+    std::env::var(variable).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+        if mandatory {
+            println!("Error, couldn't read environment variable: {}", variable);
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        } else {
+            panic!("Error, couldn't read environment variable: {}", variable);
+        }
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 227fe16..0e94219 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 mod models;
 mod schema;
 
+use crate::config;
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use diesel::sqlite::SqliteConnection;
 use models::*;
 
 fn establish_connection() -> SqliteConnection {
-    let db_path = "db.sqlite3";
+    let root_path = config::get_from_env("ROOT_PATH", true);
+    let db_path = root_path + "/db.sqlite3";
     SqliteConnection::establish(&db_path)
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Error, connection to {} failed.", &db_path))
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e8348cd..5c21511 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod config;
 mod db;
 mod routes;
 
@@ -8,12 +9,12 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate tera;
 
 use actix_files as fs;
-use actix_web::{middleware, App, HttpServer};
-use std::string::String;
+use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     HttpServer::new(|| {
+        let root_path = config::get_from_env("ROOT_PATH", true);
         App::new()
             //.wrap(middleware::NormalizePath::default())
             .service(routes::root)
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
             .service(routes::blog_permalink)
             .service(routes::blog_submit)
             .service(routes::blog_new_post)
-            .service(fs::Files::new("/static", "./static/"))
+            .service(fs::Files::new("/static", root_path + "/static"))
     })
     .bind("localhost:8000")?
     .run()
diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
index a27b622..095aa9d 100644
--- a/src/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::config;
 use crate::db::*;
 
 use actix_files as fs;
@@ -7,11 +8,14 @@ use tera::{Context, Tera};
 
 #[get("/")]
 async fn root() -> impl Responder {
-    fs::NamedFile::open("html/index.html")
+    let root_path = config::get_from_env("ROOT_PATH", true);
+    fs::NamedFile::open(root_path + "/html/index.html")
 }
 
 #[get("/blog")]
 async fn blog() -> impl Responder {
+    let root_path = config::get_from_env("ROOT_PATH", true);
+
     let posts = get_posts();
 
     let mut context = Context::new();
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ async fn blog() -> impl Responder {
 
     // one-off render blog template with context
     let result = Tera::one_off(
-        &(std::fs::read_to_string("templates/blog.html")
+        &(std::fs::read_to_string(root_path + "/templates/blog.html")
             .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("Error, couldn't load blog template.\n{}", e))
             .as_str()),
         &context,
@@ -31,8 +35,9 @@ async fn blog() -> impl Responder {
 
 #[get("/blog/submit")]
 async fn blog_submit() -> impl Responder {
+    let root_path = config::get_from_env("ROOT_PATH", true);
     HttpResponse::Ok().set_header("SameSite", "secure").body(
-        std::fs::read_to_string("html/submit.html")
+        std::fs::read_to_string(root_path + "/html/submit.html")
             .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("Error, couldn't load submit html file.\n{}", e)),
     )
 }
@@ -42,6 +47,8 @@ async fn blog_permalink(web::Path(post_id): web::Path<std::string::String>) -> i
     match post_id.parse::<u32>() {
         Err(_) => HttpResponse::new(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND),
         Ok(i) => {
+            let root_path = config::get_from_env("ROOT_PATH", true);
+
             let post = get_post_by_id(i as i32);
 
             let mut context = Context::new();
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ async fn blog_permalink(web::Path(post_id): web::Path<std::string::String>) -> i
 
             // one-off render blog template with context
             let result = Tera::one_off(
-                &(std::fs::read_to_string("templates/blog.html")
+                &(std::fs::read_to_string(root_path + "/templates/blog.html")
                     .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("Error, couldn't load blog template.\n{}", e))
                     .as_str()),
                 &context,
@@ -70,9 +77,7 @@ struct NewPostForm {
 
 #[post("/blog/posts/new")]
 async fn blog_new_post(form: Form<NewPostForm>) -> impl Responder {
-    let token: String = std::env::var("SUBMIT_TOKEN").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-        panic!("Error, can't authenticate submission if no submit token was set.");
-    });
+    let token = config::get_from_env("SUBMIT_TOKEN", true);
 
     if form.token == token {
         add_post(&form.title.as_str(), &form.body.as_str());